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Course
Reflecting on Your Discipleship Journey
~16 Hours
In this course, Reflecting on Your Discipleship Journey, you’ll learn why it’s critical to understand your own identity, purpose, and belonging stories and how they relate to your youth ministry calling.
2 instructors
About This Course
At the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI), our research points to the need for youth pastors and mentors to help young people understand Jesus’ answers to their questions about identity, belonging, and purpose. In this course, Reflecting on Your Discipleship Journey, you’ll learn why it’s critical to understand your own story and how it relates to your ministry calling. Through guided reflection, you’ll answer these questions for yourself before joining students on their journey. This course, led by Dr. Steve Argue, Applied Research Strategist for FYI, associate professor of Youth, Family, and Culture at Fuller Seminary, and well-known speaker and author, will provide research-based insights to help you articulate your identity, reflect on your belonging, and narrate your purpose so that you can lead confidently in your calling.
Learning Outcomes:
- Reflect on your call as a youth leader to bring confidence in your role and endurance for the long haul.
- Envision and communicate what discipleship means for your ministry, drawing from biblical and theological perspectives.
- Describe the interdisciplinary research to better engage with today’s young people and their discipleship needs.
- Develop a discipleship approach to use for your ministry context right away.
Created in partnership with the Fuller Youth Institute and FULLER Equip.
- Administration
- Professional Training
- Leadership
- Church & Ministry
Introduction
1. Getting Started
Your Own Story
2. Your Identity Story: Who Am I?
3. Your Identity Story: Who Do I Say I Am?
4. Your Belonging Story: Where Do I Fit Relationally?
5. Your Purpose Story: What Difference Am I Called to Make?
Your Faith Story
6. Your Faith Story: Jesus’ Call on Your Life
7. Your Calling Story: Jesus’ Call on Your Calling
8. Knowing Your Story: Who Are You as a Youth Leader?
Conclusion
9. 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.
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.
