Simple Student Ministry // Review
BySo many of us in youth ministry have been talking about how to be more effective in ministry, how to change to reach the culture, or how to be more focused in our ministry. Tim Schmoyer has had a pretty big response to some changes that he is planning on and Youth Ministry 3.0 has been reverberating through the youth ministry world for months now, it seems that a lot of us are yearning for something more simple in youth ministry.
Simple Student Ministry by Eric Geiger & Jeff Borton has come just in time for many of us! Although the majority of the info in this book is basic, youth ministry 101 type stuff, it is a reminder that is much needed, at least among many of the youth workers that I interact with. The basics of a simple student ministry are having clarity, movement, alignment, and focus in the discipleship process.
The authors move us through
- defining what a simple student ministry is
- achieving clarity in your ministry
- creating movement through the ministry
- ensuring alignment of your programs
- focus on your process
The book also includes a number of real life examples of simple student ministries from a number of settings, including large churches, parachurch ministries, and small churches.
Do yourself a favor, don’t jump to conclusions about the basic nature of this book and be honest with yourself, is your student ministry really simple? If it’s not, you need to pick up a few copies of this book and work through it with a few key members of your team. I already have two extra copies that I’m giving to my jr high directors so we can work through it!
