signs of a healthy student ministry
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Signs of a Healthy Student Ministry. Daryl Watts Student & Family Specialist Healthy Church Group. Matthew 28:19-20. The Great Commission. Make Disciples. Marks of a Disciple. Are the students in your church better disciples right now than they were a year ago? If so, how do you know? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Signs of a HealthyStudent Ministry
Daryl WattsStudent & Family Specialist
Healthy Church Group
Matthew 28:19-20
The Great Commission
Make Disciples
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Marks of a Disciple
• Are the students in your church better disciples right now than they were a year ago?• If so, how do you know?• How do you plan to make them
better disciples next year?• How will you know?4 September 2014
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Scorecard for A Healthy Student Ministry
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A Healthy Student MinistryEvangelism• Students are prepared to share the gospel with
lost students, faculty, and staff at school• Students and leaders share the gospel with lost
friends and others weekly• Students and leaders pray for lost persons, for
themselves as evangelists, and for others who evangelize
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A Healthy Student MinistryEvangelism• Students gather with other students at school to
pray for lost students, faculty, and staff• You share the gospel in classes on a regular
basis• You share the gospel and provide ways for lost
students to respond at all appropriate student ministry events
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A Healthy Student MinistryEvangelism• You prepare students and parents to share the
gospel with lost family members• You take Christian and lost students to events
that highlight the gospel and that give students hearts for evangelism
• You teach students and leaders how God is mobilizing Christians to carry the gospel to North America and the world
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A Healthy Student MinistryEvangelism• You have an ongoing process for training
students and leaders to make an effective presentation of the gospel to lost persons
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A Healthy Student MinistryHow Big Should Your Student Ministry Be?
• At least 5% of the total church participation.• The healthiest range is 8% to 12% of the total
church participation.• The maximum size is 20% under ideal*
circumstances.*Ideal circumstances: Adults comprise at least 60% of the congregation 40% preschool, children, and youth combined
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A Healthy Student MinistryStarting Point for Evangelism• You mobilize students and adult leaders to pray
for lost persons, for themselves as evangelists, and for others who evangelize
• You share the gospel and provide ways for lost students to respond at all appropriate student ministry events
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A Healthy Student MinistryDiscipleship• Prepare parents to disciple their teenagers• Guide students and leaders to make the
adjustments necessary to join God in what He is doing, both now and in the future
• Assemble adult leaders to plan, train, and pray before teaching and discipling students
• Guide adult leaders toward life transformation and deepening discipleship
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A Healthy Student MinistryDiscipleship• Discipleship groups, open to all students, that
lead to the salvation of lost students and the life transformation of Christian students
• Build discipling experiences into all appropriate student ministry events
• Offer discipleship groups for students wanting deeper content, accountability, preparation outside of class, and attendance commitment
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A Healthy Student MinistryDiscipleship• Baptize and begin discipling new converts
immediately after conversion• Have a six-year discipleship plan that covers all
sections of the Bible, all biblical doctrines, and developmentally-focused life issues
• Prepare students to be godly stewards of their bodies, time, gifts, and resources
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A Healthy Student MinistryStarting Point for Discipleship• You build discipling experiences into all
appropriate student ministry events.• You prepare parents to disciple their teenage
children.
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A Healthy Student MinistryMinistry• Prepare staff, adult leaders and mature students
to respond to students and families in crisis• Train parents in effective Christian parenting• Provide regular opportunities for students and
families to directly confront and respond to needs in the congregation in the name of Christ
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A Healthy Student MinistryMinistry• Provide opportunities for students and families
to confront and respond to needs away from your community in the name of Christ
• Teach students and leaders how God is mobilizing Christians to offer ministry in the name of Christ in North America and the world
• Minister to member students who have become inactive
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A Healthy Student MinistryMinistry• Train and involve students, parents, and adult
leaders in planning and implementing your church's student ministry
• Guide students to give a summer, semester, or longer in full-time ministry while young
• Lead students, parents, and leaders to commit financial and human resources to kingdom use through the local church
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A Healthy Student MinistryStarting Point for Ministry• You teach students and adult leaders how God is
mobilizing Christians to offer ministry in the name of Christ in North America and the world.
• You minister to member students who have become inactive.
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A Healthy Student MinistryWorship• Prepare students and parents to experience
authentic worship together at home• Challenge students to continue to meet God in
corporate and private worship after graduation• Incorporate experiences of authentic worship
into appropriate student ministry events• Prepare students to use music as a language of
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A Healthy Student MinistryWorship• Prepare students to experience God when
worshiping alone• Impact the planning for congregational worship
to assist in making the elements of worship more accessible to students
• Involve students in leadership during congregational worship and student worship
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A Healthy Student MinistryWorship• Provide opportunities for students and leaders
to experience authentic worship during discipleship classes and groups
• Train and motivate students to use their gifts and abilities in worship leadership
• Prepare students to experience God in each of the elements of corporate worship
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A Healthy Student MinistryStarting Point for Worship• You impact the planning for congregational
worship to assist in making the elements of worship more accessible to students.
• You prepare students to experience God when worshiping alone.
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A Healthy Student MinistryFellowship• Provide opportunities for students to deepen
relationships with family members• Guide students, parents, and leaders to form
honest friendships with lost students and parents
• Sustain an atmosphere in which every student feels valued, accepted, and cared for by the congregation
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A Healthy Student MinistryFellowship• Sustain an atmosphere in which every student
feels valued, accepted, and cared for by peers and leaders
• Provide opportunities for adult leaders to deepen relationships with each other
• Provide opportunities for students and leaders to sustain relationships with students who graduate
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A Healthy Student MinistryFellowship• Provide opportunities for students and parents
to deepen relationships with leaders and staff• Provide opportunities for students to deepen
relationships with church members of all ages• Guide students to form pure and joyful
relationships with members of the opposite sex• Provide opportunities for students to deepen
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A Healthy Student MinistryStarting Point for Fellowship• You sustain an atmosphere in which every
student feels valued, accepted, and cared for by the congregation.
• You provide opportunities for students to deepen relationships with other students.
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A Healthy Student MinisterShould You Call or Hire a Student Minister?
• Follow the 1 to 125 rule of thumb.• Determine your philosophy of student ministry.• Determine how many of the Marks of a Healthy
Student Ministry you plan to actually engage.• Hire to the right match in oCallingoCompetency
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For More Information
Contact Daryl Watts
• [email protected]• 559.256.0861• www.studentignition.com
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