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Course
Discipling Young People
~15 Hours
This course, Discipling Young People, will empower youth leaders to help teens discover and follow Jesus into every corner of their lives, including their identity, purpose, and belonging.
4 instructors
About This Course
Research from Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) suggests that most questions young people ask are rooted in three big questions: “Who am I?” (identity), “Where do I fit?” (belonging), and “What difference can I make?” (purpose). This course, Discipling Young People, will empower you as a youth leader in your unique opportunity to help the teens in your ministry find Jesus’ best answers to these questions. Join an all-star group of youth ministry experts, researchers, and authors—Dr. Kara Powell, Dr. Steven Argue, and Brad M. Griffin—as you explore adolescent faith development, discover how doubt can strengthen a teen’s faith, and help them understand their faith story as you share your testimony. Your youth group can be more than fun activities and weekly programming: Start helping young people discover and follow Jesus into every corner of their lives.
Learning Outcomes
- Describe the questions young people are asking about their sense of identity, belonging, and purpose and how to help them move from current narratives to Jesus-centered narratives.
- Explain how young people develop in their faith journey and the role youth ministry can play in providing a supportive environment.
Created in partnership with the Fuller Youth Institute and FULLER Equip.
- Administration
- Professional Training
- Leadership
- Church & Ministry
Introduction
1. Getting Started
Discipling Today’s Young People
2. What Are the 3 Big Questions?
3. Identity, Belonging, and Purpose
4. Listening to Young People
Faith and Development of Young People
5. Adolescent Faith Development
6. Faith and Faithing
7. Faith and Doubt
8. Supporting Young People's Faithing: Our Everyday “Yes” to Jesus
9. Faithing Stories
Conclusion
10. Moving Forward
Your Instructor
Steve Argue
Associate Professor, Pastor, Author
Steven Argue, PhD (Michigan State University) is the Applied Research Strategist for the Fuller Youth Institute and associate professor of Youth, Family, and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary. Steve researches, speaks, and writes on adolescent and emerging adult spirituality. He has served as a pastor on the Lead Team at Mars Hill Bible Church (Grand Rapids, MI), currently coaches and trains church leaders and volunteers, and has been invested in youth ministry conversation for over 20 years. Steve is the author, coauthor, and contributor to several books.
Kara Powell
Chief of Leadership Formation, Executive Director of FYI, Author
Kara Powell, PhD, is the chief of Leadership Formation and executive director of the Fuller Youth Institute at Fuller Theological Seminary. Named by Christianity Today as one of “50 Women to Watch,” Kara serves as a youth and family strategist for Orange and speaks regularly at parenting and leadership conferences. Kara has authored or coauthored numerous books.
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.
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