Signs of a Healthy Student Ministry

1. Signs of a HealthyStudent Ministry Daryl Watts Student & Family Specialist Healthy Church Group

2. Matthew 28:19-20 The Great Commission Make Disciples

3. 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. Scorecard for A Healthy Student Ministry

5. A Healthy Student Ministry Evangelism • 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

6. A Healthy Student Ministry Evangelism • 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

7. A Healthy Student Ministry Evangelism • 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

8. A Healthy Student Ministry Evangelism • You have an ongoing process for training students and leaders to make an effective presentation of the gospel to lost persons

9. A Healthy Student Ministry How 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

10. A Healthy Student Ministry Starting 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

11. A Healthy Student Ministry Discipleship • 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 disciplingstudents • Guide adult leaders toward life transformation and deepening discipleship

12. A Healthy Student Ministry Discipleship • 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

13. A Healthy Student Ministry Discipleship • 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

14. A Healthy Student Ministry Starting Point for Discipleship • You build discipling experiences into all appropriate student ministry events. • You prepare parents to disciple their teenage children.

15. A Healthy Student Ministry Ministry • 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

16. A Healthy Student Ministry Ministry • 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

17. A Healthy Student Ministry Ministry • 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

18. A Healthy Student Ministry Starting 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.

19. A Healthy Student Ministry Worship • 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 worship

20. A Healthy Student Ministry Worship • 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

21. A Healthy Student Ministry Worship • 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

22. A Healthy Student Ministry Starting 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.

23. A Healthy Student Ministry Fellowship • 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

24. A Healthy Student Ministry Fellowship • 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

25. A Healthy Student Ministry Fellowship • 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 relationships with other students

26. A Healthy Student Ministry Starting 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.

27. A Healthy Student Minister Should 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 • Calling • Competency • Character • Chemistry

28. For More Information Contact Daryl Watts • dwatts@csbc.com • 559.256.0861 • www.studentignition.com

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