Introduction to Youth Ministry

POM 1:

TO SEE LOST PEOPLE SAVED: Matthew 28:19-20

POM 2:

TO SEE SAVED PEOPLE GROWING IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST: Colossians 1:9-10, 28-29; 2:6-8

POM 3:

TO SEE STUDENTS AND LEADERSHIP BECOME DISCIPLE MAKERS: 2 Timothy 2:2

POM 4:

TO DO THE ABOVE THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS: John 1:14

M.I.T

Our personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Pick a ___ not a ____

Pastor, Church

The Philosophy of ministry is a map for youth ministry

True

Who wrote the Foreword in Youth Ministry 3.0

Kendra Creasy Dean

The way we are doing things in youth ministry is already not working

True

Hermeneutics

Biblical Interpretation.

List the 6 Theological Building Blocks

1. God,

2. Scripture,

3. Humanity,

4. Sin,

5. Salvation,

6. Local church.

List the 3 Types of Theology

1. Biblical,

2. Practical,

3. Systematic.

Success in ministry is _____________

Being obedient to the vision God calls you to.

Theology determines ___________

Philosophy.

Philosophy determines _________________

Methodology.

Youth ministry starts at the "end" not the "beginning"

True

Youth ministry involves a ___________ year look

6-7

Give three lenses needed to view youth ministry

1. Sociocultural,

2. Theological,

3. Developmental.

Give 4 faulty blueprints for youth ministry

1. Smorgasbord,

2. Bigger is better,

3. Bright light,

4. NO news is good news.

Four steps to discerning God's call

1. Understand that no one responds to God's calling the same. 2. Understand the different callings God gives.

3. God's call to Priesthood.

4. Be open to a specific call.

When it comes to God's call one must ________ that you ________ that you ________ God has called you

Know, Know, Know

First YM Consultant, Southern Baptist

Bob Taylor

YM Professor NOBTS

Dave Odom

YM Professor SWBTS

Richard Ross

YM Professor NGU

Mike Landrum

SC YM Consultant

Briant Laird

The date mandated school attendance began

1918

The date federal government funded schools

1875

The date GROUP began

1974

Date Youth Specialties began

1968

Second YM Consultant Southern Baptist

Richard Ross

Define the Holy Ditto Principle

There is not one right way to grow closer to the Lord spiritually.

Ball Room Dancing Principle

Get kids to stop looking at their feet and start looking at their Fellowship with Jesus.

Duffy Said "If you want to make a big impression speak to a _______, if you want to make a big impact, speak to a ______________"

Group, Person

Three levels of Leadership

1. Impression,

2. Impact,

3. Influence.

G. Stanely Hall wrote the book ____________ in 1905

'Adolescents'

The term "Adolescence" was commonly used after 1905

True

The term "Teenager" was commonly used after World War 2.

True

List the 5 Adolescent developmental tasks

1. Physical,

2. Intellectual,

3. Emotional,

4. Social,

5. Spiritual

________ with the ones that are ready to _______

Dance, Dance

Discipleship groups should be _________ to get into and ______ to get out of

Hard, Easy

Closed groups are best for discipleship groups

True

Accountability in discipleship groups should be low

False

Recommended group size

4 or less

Discipleship groups should be ____ driven not ____ driven

life, curriculum

The aim of discipleship is ____ _____ not just the acquiring of information

Life Change

Discipleship is a ______ not an ________

process, event

We are commanded to be ____________ ___________ according to Matthew 28:16-20

Disciple makers

More time with _____ people yields _____ results

less; greater

IF the professor were to reenter church youth ministry, he would do evangelism with students in two ways

A) Teach students the Gospel

B) Relationships

3 Characteristics of a good adult youth leader

1. Love God,

2. Love Students,

3. If they are teachable

Training is

Relational Ministry, Team Priority, and Ongoing Training

Types of crisis

Acute, chronic, Adjustment

Key in a crisis

Relationships

A youth minister CAN minister effectively with every student

False

The youth minister should strive to become a _______ of __________

Leader, Leaders

Multiplying disciples Is better than adding disciples

True

Doing youth ministry alone leads to robbing believers of the opportunity to exercise their spiritual gifts in the body of Christ

True

Doing youth ministry alone DOES NOT lead to burnout

False

The Shema

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Parents are the youth pastor's enemy

False

Youth pastor's should be more concerned with safety than popularity

True

Patterson believes in entertaining young people all the time

False

Patterson says teach young people basic theology

True

Patterson believes in hiring a man's man as a youth pastor

True

Patterson believes a youth pastor should not teach about sex

False

Patterson believes great adventures are necessary in youth ministry

True

Patterson believes the youth pastor should have a sense of humor

True

Patterson believes in keeping young people separate from the church in worship

False

Reasons students leave church (Solutions)

Help students fall in love with Jesus not youth group,

Help students love the church not just the youth group,

Help the church become more biblical than cultural,

Help the church love substance more than form

Principles concerning music

1. Evaluate the lyrics against scripture,

2. Evaluate the lifestyle of those performing,

3. Don't let your personal preference interfere

Music can get the youth pastor fired

True

God created Music

True

A youth pastor should teach students to think

True

The most effective youth ministries are those that slowly move students into ministry positions

False

The youth ministry will reflect the vision of its students

False

The youth ministry Prospers where the bible is taken seriously and is used as the basis for faith and life

True

youth ministry begins when a christian adult finds a comfortable method of entering a students world

True

When evangelism of high school students is left to high school students, it will get done.

False

The development of a youth ministry will not exceed the public communication skills of the primary adult leader.

True

In youth ministry, the group performs three functions: identification, consultation, and confirmation.

False

A high school student will not be sociologically comfortable until he or she is theologically mature.

False

Most youth ministries reach peak effectiveness when attendance reaches twenty-five to thirty high school students.

False

When everything else is said and done, the role of the Christian youth group is to pass biblical values from one generation to the next.

True

The influence of the student's family on his or her value system will not exceed the influence of the youth worker on most occasions.

False

Youth ministry ceases to take place when the adult-student relationship is broken or no longer moves the student toward spiritual maturity.

True

Youth ministry happens as long as a Christian adult is able to use his or her contact with a student to draw that student into a maturing relationship with God through Jesus Christ.

True

Long-term growth of a youth ministry is directly dependent on the ability of the youth worker to release ministry responsibilities to mature and qualified students.

False

Student ownership of youth ministry guided by respected Christian adults is not essential for the ministry to remain healthy.

False

List the two responses the church has had to pop culture

A) Head in the sand

B) Christianized

List the two lessons church learn from history of popular culture

1. The most effective weapon against sinful forms of pop culture is a healthy family life integrated into a loving community of faith

2. pop culture is not evil itself but can take evil forms

Vary the type of mission trip.

True

Vary the places you take students on a mission trip.

True

Smaller numbers work better.

True

Requirements are good for a youth mission trip.

True

Require an application and interview.

True

Missions is the responsibility of EVERY believer.

True

The professor believes students should go somewhere on a mission trip at least one week every year.

True

The First question a youth pastor should ask when planning is ______ not ________

Why, What

When preparing a budget be specific.

True