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Course
Discipleship Starting Points
~20 Hours
In this course, Discipleship Starting Points, you’ll learn the first steps to developing a healthy discipleship culture, and the foundational competencies your youth ministry needs to become a reliable space for teenagers to encounter Christ.
3 instructors
About This Course
Discipleship within a youth ministry begins with establishing a strong culture. What are your values, goals, and standards as a ministry? With a strong culture, your youth ministry can be a reliable space where teenagers experience church and faith in ways you hope for and dream about. In this course, Discipleship Starting Points, you’ll learn the first steps to developing a healthy discipleship culture. Join Fuller Youth Institute leaders, Andy Jung and Brad M. Griffin, as they walk you through research and insights from the book Faith Beyond Youth Group. You’ll gain access to tools and guides to help support a healthy youth group culture, including how to develop safety policies, create an annual calendar and communication plan, and maximize your student leadership team. These incredibly practical steps will empower you and your team to lead your ministry well while celebrating and supporting each student who comes to your group.
Learning Outcomes:
- Take the first steps to build a culture of discipleship with young people
- Assess and develop strategies to improve in one of the compass points of Faith Beyond Youth Group
- Develop practical tools and skills to help create an environment for discipleship
This course counts towards the Certificate in Youth Discipleship.
Created in partnership with the Fuller Youth Institute and FULLER Equip.
- Administration
- Professional Training
- Leadership
- Church & Ministry
Introduction
1. Getting Started
Creating a Culture for Discipleship
2. Establishing a Discipleship Culture
3. Ways to Cultivate Trust
4. Modeling Growth
5. Teaching for Transformation
6. Practicing Together
7. Making Meaning
Getting Off to a Good Start
8. Discipleship & Safety
9. Develop a Youth Ministry Safety System
10. Discipleship & Student Leaders
11. Discipleship & Your Supervisor
12. Discipleship & Communication
Conclusion
13. Moving Forward
Your Instructor
Andy Jung
Senior Director for FYI, Pastor, Youth Minister
Andy Jung, DMin, is the senior director of Church Engagement and Business Administration at the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI). He focuses on developing relationships with church, denominational, and network leaders, finding ways for FYI's research, resources, and training to support their ministry. He has served as a youth minister for 20+ years and a senior pastor for five years. In addition to his work at FYI, he is a current ministry practitioner as he serves as the minister in residence for young adults at Trinity Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC. Andy lives with his wife Amy in Raleigh and is passionate about helping churches better love and care for young people so that teenagers and young adults can thrive in their faith.
Brad Griffin
Senior Director for FYI, Pastor, Author
Brad M. Griffin, MDiv, is the senior director of Content and Research for the Fuller Youth Institute, where he develops research-based training for youth workers and parents. A speaker, writer, and volunteer pastor, Brad is the coauthor of over a dozen books.
FYI
Center at Fuller Theological Seminary
The Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) turns research into practical resources to help make the church the best place for young people to grow. An innovative branch of Fuller Theological Seminary, FYI research has pioneered a new era of youth ministry practice and intergenerational discipleship, partnering with faculty from across various disciplines to create tools that change the way the world sees young people.
