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Developing Student Leaders

The statistics on young people leaving the church (or never attending) is staggering. It is estimated that more than 85% of those who attended church as teenagers were not involved in church within five years of graduation from high school. This workshop teaches leaders how to disciple young people and take them to the next level of leadership, so when they graduate from high school they don’t graduate from church!

Whether you are a beginning youth leader, or a veteran youth worker, this elective will serve as a “checklist” of essential ingredients that make for an impacting youth ministry to urban teenagers.

Dr. Robert Laurent has said that the number
one reason young people leave the church
is lack of involvement. I believe that the most
effective way to change the lives of students
is to get them involved in service and
leadership. This session will explore ways to
help young people find their gifts and utilize
those gifts in the life of the church.

Do you have a hard time understanding this
new generation and knowing how to reach
them for Christ? What is postmodernism
and how does it affect our approach to
the Gospel? This session will provide an
overview of the postmodern culture, shed
light on how postmodernism will affect
the future of youth ministry and address
guidelines for evangelism.

The statistics on young people leaving the
church (or never attending) is staggering. I
believe that young people have incredible
potential as leaders that needs to be tapped
into, affirmed and utilized in the church. This
Learning Lab is based on a Student Leadership
Training that has been designed as a highimpact,
interactive event for young people with
leadership qualities that takes them to the next
level. We will walk you through key principles in
helping young people become the leaders God
intends them to be.

It has been said that the last seven words
of a dying church are: “We’ve never done
it that way before.” Many youth groups are
“stuck-in-a-rut” of doing the same basic
youth ministry format week after week. This
workshop will help you explore a variety
of ways to do youth ministry differently
by establishing a Biblical basis for doing
innovative, creative approaches to youth
ministry and providing ideas for how to
implement new models without compromising
the message.

In this workshop, you will learn principles for discipling urban
young people into a vital relationship with Christ. If your teenagers
are ready to move on to the “next level” of their spiritual lives (or
you want to nudge them on), this session will give you practical
suggestions and guidelines on how to develop and implement a
discipleship program.

Many youth groups are “stuck-in-a-rut” of doing the same basic
youth ministry format week after week. This workshop will help you
develop an innovative, creative approach to youth ministry that will
help to excite your kids so they will look forward to attending youth
group every week.

Urban young people face many adversities and challenges simply by growing up in an urban environment. The need for nurturing and consistent adult relationships is essential. This workshop offers practical guidelines on how to utilize discipleship as a form of mentoring that can transform a young person’s relationship with Jesus Christ.

Come and learn from practitioners in the urban youth ministry field who will share stories of success

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