1. THE 9 ESSENTIALS OF YOUTH MINISTRY 1.THE POWER OF GOD 2.PURPOSE 3.POTENTIAL AUDIENCE 4.PROGRAMS 5.PROCESS 6.PLANNED VALUES 7.PARENTS 8.PARTICIPATING LEADERS 9.PERSEVERANCE

2. INCLUSIVE CONGREGATIONAL “Now” “Later” PREPATORY APPROACH MISSONAL “Go” STRATEGIC “Come”

3. INCLUSIVE CONGREGATIONAL “Now” “Later” PREPATORY APPROACH MISSONAL “Go” STRATEGIC “Come” “Integrates youth into Congregational life. Characterized by friendly relations between youths, children, adults, this approach sees youth as full partners in every aspect of God’s kingdom and community”.

4. INCLUSIVE CONGREGATIONAL “Now” “Later” PREPATORY APPROACH MISSONAL “Go” STRATEGIC “Come” Specialized ministry to adolescents that prepares them to participate in the life of existing churches as leaders, disciples or evangelists. Students are viewed as disciples in training with opportunities for service.

5. INCLUSIVE CONGREGATIONAL “Now” “Later” PREPATORY APPROACH MISSONAL “Go” STRATEGIC “Come” Prepares students to become a new church “church plant”. Students and potential leaders are nurtured to assume responsibility for roles in evangelism and fellowship. New church has mother church blessing

6. INCLUSIVE CONGREGATIONAL “Now” “Later” PREPATORY APPROACH MISSONAL “Go” STRATEGIC “Come” Views youth ministry as a mission. Using responsible evangelism to disciple young people into established churches They proclaim the gospel to those outside the church.

7. INCLUSIVE CONGREGATIONAL “Now” “Later” PREPATORY APPROACH MISSONAL “Go” STRATEGIC “Come” GROUP DISCUSSION: Break into groups of Three. Write a list of the strengths and weaknesses of each view. Be prepared to explain why you feel they are strengths and weaknesses. Even give examples. Then, in your group, determine where on the grid / paradigm you would fall for your personal philosophy of youth ministry.

8. PURPOSE DRIVEN YOUTH MINISTRY BUILT ON THE FIVE PURPOSES OF A HEALTHY CHURCH EVANGELISM (Euongelion) FELLOWSHIP (Koinania ) DISCIPLESHIP (Didoskain) MINISTRY (Diakonia) WORSHIP (Leiturgia)

9. BUILT ON GREAT COMMAND AND GREAT COMISSION Great Command MATTHEW 22:37-40 Great Commission MATTHEW 28:19-20

10. BUILT ON GREAT COMMAND AND GREAT COMISSION EVANGELISM “Go into all the world” FELLOWSHIP “Baptize them” DISCIPLESHIP “Teach them to obey” MINISTRY“ Love your neighbor as yourself” WORSHIP “Love the Lord with all your heart”

11. Acts 2:42-47 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.

12. Acts 2:42-47 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

13. THE EARLY CHURCH EVANGELISM About 5,000 were added FELLOWSHIP They devoted themselves to the breaking of bread and to prayer… They broke bread in their homes… All the believers were together and had everything in common…. DISCIPLESHIP They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching… MINISTRY many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles…. they gave to anyone as he had need… WORSHIP Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved….. Everyone was filled with awe…

14. GROUP SESSION Find four ways to say each of these words in modern lingo/language. EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP DISCIPLESHIP MINISTRY WORSHIP

15. “SAMPLE MISSION STATEMENT” Our youth ministry exists to REACH non-believing students, to CONNECT them with other Christians, to help them GROW in their faith, and to challenge the growing to DISCOVER their ministry and HONOR God with their life.

16. SAMPLE MISSION STATEMENT Our church exists to BRING people to Jesus and membership in His family, DEVELOP them to Christlike maturity and EQUIP them for their ministry in the church and life mission in the world, in order to MAGNIFY God’s name.

17. SAMPLE MISSION STATEMENT The goal of our student ministry is to EXPOSE teenagers to God’s love, to EQUIP them to EXALT God, ENJOY other believers, and EXPERIENCE the work of the ministry.