• Learning – disciples
• Living – teaching the to obey...
• Leading – Go and make disciples...

• Outreach – Teaching non-believers about Christ and leading them to a relationship with Him.
• Growth – Helping believers grow in their relationship to God and other believers.
• Ministry Training – Giving believers the knowledge and tools to serve other believers and lead their non-believing peers to Christ.

  Outreach - Learning - Growth - Living - Ministry Training - Leading

  A. Outreach - Teaching non-believers about Christ and leading them to a relationship with Him.

  1) Cultivating

  • Intentionally building relationships with non-believers for the purpose of reaching them for Christ
  • Breaking down walls built up against Christ & the church
  • Doesn’t have to be a “Christian” activity
  • Examples: Football games, group dinner, work on a project together, etc.

  2) Planting

  • Bringing God into the relationship
  • Sharing your testimony
  • Sharing what God is teaching you
  • Allow God/Christ to come up in the conversation.
  • Don’t have to call for a decision.

  3) Reaping

  • Call for a decision to receive Christ as Savior.
  • Gospel is CLEARLY presented
  • Person is given the opportunity to receive Christ

  4) Summary

  • These 3 steps can be done all at once or in stages.
  • Relationship building is essential.
  • Christ’s Example:
    1. Personal Evangelism – Mark 6:7-13
    2. Small-group Evangelism – Mark 1:29-34,
    Luke 5:27-32
    3. Mass Evangelism – Matt. 4:23-25, Matt. 14:15-21,
    Matt. 15:32-38

  B. Growth

  1) Spend time in God’s Word, the Bible.

  • The Bible reveals Who God is and why we would want a relationship with him. (Genesis 1:1, John 3:16, etc.)
  • The Bible reveals all that God has promised us. (Proverbs 3:5-6, John 14:1-3)
  • The Bible is the TRUTH! (2 Timothy 3:16, 1 Peter 1:24-25, 2 Peter 1:20)
  • The Bible tells about Jesus and what He did and is doing for us. (Romans 5:8, John 19, Romans 6:23)
  • The Bible give us guidance about how to live our lives so that we can experience the abundance of life that God promises. (Colossians 3:12-17, Romans 12:1-2, I John 4)
  • The Bible helps us resist temptation. (Psalm 119:11, Matthew 4)

  2) Teach a proper understanding of Christ.

  • Only a true understanding of Christ can effect real change in our lives.
  • Who Christ is: John 1:1, John 3:16, John 8:58, Hebrews 1
  • What Christ sacrificed and why: Philippians 2:2-5, John 19, I John 4:9-10
  • The reality of Christ’s resurrection: The Gospel accounts, John 11:35, 1 Corinthians 15:13-19
  • How Christ is working in and for us now: Romans 8:34, Colossians 2:10, Ephesians 3:18
  • The future Christ promised here on earth and in heaven with Him: John 14:1-3, John 16:26-28, Colossians 3:24, Ephesians 1:13-14

  3) Create an atmosphere of love.

  • Love is intentionally doing something for another person in Jesus’ name regardless of the cost or consequences to yourself.
  • Teenagers respond to Christ-like love.
  • Christ modeled love.
  • We are commanded to love.
  • Love distinguishes Christians from the world.
  • Who would you do more for?
    Someone who tells you what to do?
    Someone who loves you?
  • Love Languages

    1. Personal Attention
    2. Verbal Expressions
    3. Physical Expressions
    4. Acts of Service
    5. Extended Time

  • The degree in which we effectively communicate the love of God will determine the degree in which we see lives changed.

  4) Build a contacting ministry.

  • Contacting involves GOING…
  • Meet students in their own ENVIRONMENT
  • Do things STUDENTS like to do
  • Go to SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
  • Spend TIME with students
  • Be an EXAMPLE to students
  • SHARE your LIFE with students
  • LISTEN to what students have to say
  • 1/1 or small group relationships
  • Jesus modeled contacting…
    • John 3:22-Jesus and his disciples went out into the countryside where He spent some TIME with them…
    • Matthew 4:18-22 – Calling the disciples
    • Matthew 9:9-11 – Jesus has dinner at Matthew’s house
    • Luke 10:38-41 – Jesus visits Mary & Martha
  • Jesus commands us to Go and Establish Relationships
    • John 17:18 – As my Father sent me…
    • John 13:34 - …as I have loved you, so you must love one another…
    • Luke 10:3 – I am sending you out as lambs among wolves…
  • Most spiritual growth takes place in the context of RELATIONSHIP, therefore, an active contacting ministry is essential to producing students who are LEARNING, LIVING, & LEADING.

  5) Make prayer a priority.

  • Jesus showed us that prayer is essential to the success of any ministry – Luke 5:16 “Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.”
  • We must remember that God is the One doing the work, not us – Philippians 2:13 “...For it is GOD Who works in you, to will and to act according to HIS good purpose.
  • “The success of any ministry is directly proportional to the amount of prayer behind it.”
  • There are 3 main aspects for building a Prayer ministry…
    • You pray for the students and ministry
    • Teach the students to pray for each other and the ministry
    • Motivate outside people to pray for the students
      and ministry.

  6) Worship God.

  • Who or what we worship is Who or what we will live for.

  C. Ministry Training

  1) Why Train Students for Ministry?

  • The example of Christ
  • The example of Moses
  • The teaching of Scripture concerning the leader’s responsibility. (Eph 4:12)
  • The need for smooth Leadership transitions and strengthening the ministry. (I Corinthians 12)
  • The responsibility of protecting the body from the mistakes of a single individual.

  2) Examples of Christ

  • Practical Training in Ministry
    a. Hands-on Tour – Matthew 4:19, Mark 1:17, Luke 5:1-11
    b. First Tour of Galilee – Matthew 4:23-24, Mark 1:35-39, Luke 4:42-44
    c. Second Tour of Galilee – Luke 8:1-3
  • Experience Evangelism First Hand
    a. Banquet at Matthew’s Home – Matt.9:10-13, Mark 2:15-17, Luke 5:29-32
    b. Being labeled a “friend of sinners” – Luke 7:24, Matt.11:19
    c. Second evangelism tour of Galilee – Luke 8:1-3
    d. Commissioning the twelve and sending
    them out to minister – Matt.10:1-42, Mark 6:7-11, Luke 9:1-5
    e. Large evangelistic teaching events, feeding the 5000 – Matt.14:15-21, Mark 6:35-44, Luke 9:12-17, John 6:4-13
    f. Commissioning the expanding team and sending the out to minister – Luke 10:1-16
  • Focus on Eternal Priorities of Ministry
    a. His Lordship – Mark 1:21-28
    b. Spending ore time with the few – Mat :14-15
    c. An expanded outreach – Mark 1:30-39
    d. Loving the unlovely – Mark 1:40-45
    e. His ability to totally cleanse and forgive sin –
    Mark 2:1-12
    f. His love for sinners – Luke 5:27-32
    g. Their new freedom in Christ – Mark 2:18-22

  3) What Kind of Students Are We Looking For?

  Faithful
  Available
  Teachable
  Responsive

  4) What Do We Do with The Students?

  • Teach them how to present the GOSPEL.
  • Teach them how to share their TESTIMONY.
  • Teach them the importance of SERVICE.
  • Take them on SERVICE PROJECTS
    a. within the church
    b. in the community
    c. in the world
  • Take them on OUTREACH PROJECTS

D. Summary

Outreach - Learning - Growth - Living - Ministry Training - Leading