1. What Matters Most in Youth Ministry
The 5 Essentials
What Matters Most in Youth Ministry

2. Prayer
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should.
Col 4:2-4

3. Love
For Christ’s love compels us, be-cause we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.
…We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God Cor 5:14, 20

4. Bible
All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It straightens us out and teaches us to do what is right. It is God’s way of preparing us in every way, fully equipped for every good thing God wants us to do.
2 Tim 3:16-17

5. Unity
I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
John 17:22-23

6. Empower
And you know that the way we lived among you was further proof of the truth of our message. So you received the message with joy from the Holy Spirit in spite of the severe suffering it brought you. In this way, you imitated both us and the Lord. As a result, you yourselves became an example to all the Christians in Greece. And now the word of the Lord is ringing out from you to people everywhere, even beyond Greece,
1 Thess 1:5-8

7. Prayer
What if we got more people to pray more frequently and more specifically for what we do with students?

8. Love
Can we love kids in their world before we invite them into ours, expecting the best without fearing the worst?

9. Bible
How can we have biblical conversations with teens that are more natural, common and enjoyable?

10. Unity
What vision of the Church can students acquire if we minister together without caring who gets credit?

11. Empower
What if students begin to see themselves as ministry contributors rather than ministry consumers?