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Stage o |
Description of stage |
Strategy |
Ministry Focus |
Challenge for Stage |
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Lost: |
Non-Christians with no faith; don’t attend church |
Reach through relationships with students in the Engaging, Practicing, and Committed stages. |
o Relational Evangelism by students in last three stages |
o Train current believers for evangelism |
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Attending: |
Attend, but have no faith—come to hang out with friends |
o Friday Night Live: reached through relationships built at Friday evening drop-in-center. o Invitation to Sunday Night Gathering. |
o Incarnational/ relational ministry by youth ministry team and Practicing and Committed Students
o
Fellowship |
o See the difference faith makes in the life of believers o Get curious |
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Believing: |
Believe but don’t act on faith; think believing is enough |
o
Friday Night Live o Sunday Night Gathering reached through relationships, worship, and lesson presented at Sunday night youth group o Invitation to Service projects o Invitation to Join a small group |
o Exposure to Worship
o
Exposure to
Instruction
o
Continued
fellowship
o
Continued I/R ministry |
o Understand that faith is more than believing—it’s a relationship and an opportunity to serve something greater than one’s self. |
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Engaging: |
Engage the Word and other believers regularly; attend; participate in regular youth activities; not yet ready to serve regularly or go deeper in their relationship with Christ |
o
Friday Night Live
o
Sunday Night Gathering o Service Projects: reached through intentional projects designed to open student’s eyes to reality and the need for God and His people serving the world and the communities around us. o Small groups: reached through building closer relationships with peers and adult leaders through development of intimate/meaningful small groups o Invitation to Rite of Passage programs
o
Invitation to |
o
Worship
o
Instruction
o
Fellowship o Exposure to Service o Continued I/R ministry |
o
Understand what it means to truly
Worship
o
Understand your calling to the
Great Commandment
o
Understand its fulfillment in
serving one another |
|
Practicing: |
Put the Word into practice as much as possible but avoid leadership roles; belong in small group; go on mission trips |
o
Friday Night Live
o
Sunday Night Gathering
o
Service Projects
o
Small Groups o Rite of Passage: reached through high impact, intense experiences focused on “becoming”
o
o Invitation to join ministry teams |
o
Worship
o
Instruction
o
Fellowship
o
Service
o
Training for
Evangelism
o
Continued I/R ministry |
o Find and recognize the spiritual gifts and other talents you have and how they can be used for the Glory of God. o Seek maturity and understand adulthood o Begin to understand being committed to Christ o Seek mentorship o Begin to focus more on evangelism |
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Committed: |
Devoted disciple; serving God has become a priority; readily lead through service; strongly founded in the Word; take personal responsibility for contributing to the growth of the kingdom |
o
Friday Night Live
o
Sunday Night Gathering
o
Service Projects
o
Small groups
o
Rite of Passage
o
o Ministry teams: training, development, mentoring, and placement in a peer serving ministry position such as worship team, planning team, drama team, ministry development team, small group peer leader |
o
Worship
o
Instruction
o
Fellowship
o
Evangelism
o
Service
o
Training for I/R ministry |
o Internalize maturity o Apply Truth to your own opportunities to set an example for others o Plug in to ministry |