5 Reasons Your Youth Ministry May Never Grow
We often discuss church growth or student ministry growth. This is a topic of conversation for good reason, because we all are interested in building our student ministry. Here are a few reasons why your student ministry may never grow:
1. Lack of Prayer
This is the biggest part of growth. You must daily pray and ask God to build your student ministry. You must be praying for your ministry to grow. Do not expect any growth (or perhaps the wrong kind of growth) if you are not daily praying over your ministry. Bathe it in prayer, and trust God for the growth.
2. Lack of communicating clear vision
This is often times that the biggest problem with growth. You have to regularly communicate vision to the people. It must constantly be in front of the people. Then, you must live out the vision. “If your church does not know where it is supposed to be, then, they will attempt to go everywhere and eventually wind up nowhere.”
3. Leadership
Ultimately, it could be a reflection on YOU. Make sure you are a passionate leader. Make sure you are living the Word. Make sure that you are carrying out the vision and communicating it clearly to your people.
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Josh Evans is a student pastor in the Winston Salem, NC area. He has been a mentor and pastor to students for 4 years. Josh is passionate about seeing life change in students and teaching them the Word of God. Josh is a blogger, speaker, student pastor, and die hard Duke Blue Devils fan! Josh and his wife Abby live in the Winston Salem, NC area with their baby girl, Lynlee Jewel Evans! You can connect further with Josh on his blog (joshhevans.wordpress.com) or send him a direct email at joshhevans@gmail.com.
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