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Course
Discipleship with Purpose
~18 Hours
This course, Discipleship with Purpose, will give you the tools to sharpen your youth discipleship vision and strategy and increase your youth ministry confidence as you help students connect to God over the long haul.
2 instructors
About This Course
Leading a youth ministry is complex, with teenagers and their families encountering exciting opportunities and unexpected challenges. This course, Discipleship with Purpose, will help you combine your passion and giftings with an intentional discipleship strategy that helps students connect to God over the long haul. You’ll learn to communicate that strategy with others compellingly and invite them into your ministry for both unity and effectiveness. Join youth ministry experts from Fuller Youth Institute, Dr. Steven Argue and Dr. Chuck Hunt, who will guide you through the research and practical steps rooted in practical theology that is faithful, effective, contextual, and communal. Learn to become an innovative leader who understands the best ways to listen to your ministry’s needs and direct efforts toward meeting those needs in meaningful and long-lasting ways.
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify ministry needs of both attendees and new people and direct ministry efforts toward these needs
- Share ministry initiatives clearly and compellingly with important stakeholders
- Create an innovative approach that encourages team unity
Created in partnership with the Fuller Youth Institute and FULLER Equip.
- Administration
- Professional Training
- Leadership
- Church & Ministry
Introduction
1. Getting Started
Innovation with a Purpose
2. Innovation Through Practical Theology
3. The Three Moves of Sticky Faith Innovation
4. Sticky Faith Innovation: Compassion
5. Sticky Faith Innovation: Creativity
6. Sticky Faith Innovation: Courage
7. Sticky Faith and Compassionate Listening
Leading Innovation Together
8. Broadening Youth Discipleship from Me to Us
9. Using an Advisory Team
10. Activating Your Advisory Team
Conclusion
11. 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.
Chuck Hunt
Senior Director for FYI, Reverend
Charles “Chuck” Hunt, DMin, has been ministering to adolescents, young adults, and their families for more than 30 years. He was born in Virginia and grew up in Huntington Beach, CA, where his love for adventure developed. He has a BS from Hampton University in Aviation as well as an MDiv and DMin from Fuller Theological Seminary. Chuck is passionate about Christ’s call to restore our relationship with God and with each other, thus he advocates for righteousness and justice. He has a proven record of building teams in the church and fostering partnerships with organizations in the community. Through both his career and lived experience, Chuck has the ability to connect with individuals from diverse cultural, spiritual, and economic backgrounds. He lives with his wife Shannon and their young adult daughter Rhyen in Southern California. Though cleverly disguised as a responsible adult, Chuck still runs, surfs, mountain bikes, and skateboards.
Price
$125.00
On Demand
Learn at your own pace
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