1. Planning at the Local Church
A way for a successful Youth Ministry
by Jean-Pierre Mulumba Tshimanga
ECD Field Secretary for Education Chairmanship, Assessment and Evaluation, Leadership Formation and Strategic Planning

2. A Very Important Activity
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail
Planning is putting your dreams on paper
Planning is giving words to your vision, giving flesh to your dreams
A vision which is not transformed into a plan dies
A plan not implemented is a nightmare.

3. Important Things in Planning at the Local Church Level
Know the Mission Statement of the Youth Ministry.
Know the basic goals and objectives.
Know the GC goal and objectives
Know the Division goals and objectives
Know the Union goals and objectives
Know the Mission/Field/Conference goals and objectives

4. The Vision of the Higher Organization Matters
GC vision in three main focuses
1. Quality of life
- Spiritually
- Physically
- Materially and financially
- Socially
- Emotionally
- Psychologically and intellectually
2. Unity
- In policies and management procedures
3. Growth
-Spiritually
- Numerically
- Intellectually
The GC Youth Ministries adopted the GC Vision

5. The Division Five Main Focuses
The same have been adopted by all lower organizations.
Spiritual Unity
Evangelism
Self-support
Nurture
Leadership
The Division Youth Ministries Focuses
Witness (Win more) -Unity (Press together)- Stewardship (Self-support).

6. Division Vision and Youth Ministry Vision
1. Win more
Evangelism preceded by spiritual and material preparation in order to insure nurture and quality of life and quality leaders.
Press together
Spiritual unity
Self-support
- Stewardship

7. Planning In A Practical Way
Three Focuses are three goals
Find objectives which are a breakdown of the goals
Every objective must have strategies to reach them
Then come programs or activities that go along with the strategies
Then comes the time frame and the calendar of events.

9. E-mail mulumbaj@ecd.adventist.org bresilien54@yahoo.fr