Last Sunday, Jan. 17th, the youth and parents all met to discuss the purpose of our youth ministry. This was the first in a short series of events that will hopefully end in our deciding on a purpose statement for Zion's youth group that fits within Zion's mission statement, "Bringing Hope Through Christ." We focused on what the Bible says about the purposes of youth ministry (based on Doug Field's Purpose-Driven Youth Ministry and pulling in more biblical citations). Here's the gist of what we talked about:
The five biblical purposes of youth ministry:
• Evangelism
o Matt. 28:18-20, Acts 1:8
o Sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with those who don’t yet
have a personal relationship with him
• Worship
o Rom. 12:1, Ps. 95:6, Rom. 6:3-4
o Celebrating God’s presence and honoring him with our lifestyle—
This includes praying, hearing the Word, giving, baptizing,
meditating, the Lord’s Supper, singing, etc.
• Fellowship
o Eph. 2:19, 1 Thes. 5:9-11
o God designed us to live in fellowship with other believers and
to be identified in the body of Christ. Students need to be
known, cared for, held accountable, and encouraged in their
spiritual journey.
• Discipleship
o Hebr. 6:1, 1 Cor. 3:6-7
o Building up or strengthening of believers in their quest to be
like Christ—Disciples helping youth grow up to be disciples
themselves
• Ministry
o Matt. 25:34-40, 1 Cor. 12:4-11
o Meeting needs with love—Using our God-given gifts to serve
others
After we talked about these five purposes, we graded our youth ministry in each area and did an activity to share our grades and discuss them. After that, we did some brainstorming to think of other words for each of the five purposes so that we can use them towards our next meeting when we will try to dig into creating a purpose statement more! Join us for that meeting on Feb. 3rd at 7:30 p.m. following confirmation!
Thanks, and remember, Jesus thinks you're to die for!
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