Time Tested Youth Ministry
Youth ministry can be a challenge for anybody because there are so many different moving parts to a successful youth group. Being the leader of a successful youth ministry is challenging but it does have its rewards. Leading teenagers and young adults to meaningful and deep relationships with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is one of the most fulfilling jobs that a person can have on earth. Here are a few time-tested strategies to help you have a thriving and successful youth ministry today and for years and years to come.
A successful youth ministry is based on the want and need to lead a youth group to meaningful relationships with Jesus Christ. By starting with a strong foundation and a predetermined goal for your youth ministry you are designing and planning a map for success. By wanting and needing your students to be saved by Christ you are doing God’s work and you are doing what God has called you to do.
Having a thriving youth ministry also comes about when the youth leader instills quality practices with in their youth ministry. The first thing that comes to mind is a teaching lesson that is soundly based in biblical scripture. When you fully understand the messages that you are trying to convey to students during Bible lessons and youth group meetings, you are more able to connect your students to the material that you are teaching them. When you are prepared and you know the material to the best of your ability you are able to field questions from your youth ministry students and you are able to answer your students in a proper and well thought out manner. Knowing the material that you are teaching to your students will allow you to teach with confidence in the knowledge that you are indeed spreading the word of Jesus Christ to your youth ministry.
A successful youth ministry also encourages openness with its students and the parents of the students. If your youth ministry students feel that they are able to open up to you as a youth leader and also the other students in the group and they are far more likely to be interested and engaged in your youth ministry and the church as a whole. When a student is able to open not about what is going on in their lives not only do they feel that their youth group is a place where they can be helped with their issues, but it is a place where they can help others with their issues. By encouraging debate and conversation within your youth group you are allowing everybody to share and voice their opinions along with their feelings on various topics that you will cover.
These are just a few of the pillars of a strong and thriving youth ministry. As a youth leader should you should always be prepared for change and evolution as new teaching techniques come and go but you should always be firmly grounded in the teachings of Jesus Christ and the want and need to leave your students to a fulfilling relationship with Jesus Christ through the word of God.
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