Lead a Weblog for Young Adult Leaders

If you allow anyone to perpetuate a “meat market” mentality where dating—or worse, “stalking”—becomes a primary feature of your ministry to young adults, you will not succeed in reaching unchurched people for Christ. I just returned from a minister’s gathering that featured several roundtable discussions concerning issues of great concern to them. How to appropriately discourage this kind of behavior came up right away in our discussions.

Nearly 19 million college students are preparing to begin class next month. How will you and your church seek to be involved in their lives? Consider the following: make the first three weeks of the semester count, develop a specialized ministry to at least one people group on campus, and have a plan for your collegiate ministry.

The social action movement has taken hold of both the churched and unchurched. But, for Christ followers specifically, a unique obligation to respond to the needs of the world exists. However, this is not new to the body of Christ. Historically, Christians have led out in addressing the many social issues that hinder us. And yet, some still believe a disconnect remains between the Church and social responsibility.

If you don’t have an existing plan for Bible study and teaching preparation, then I would recommend something similar to the one below. However, if you already have a practice in place, make sure the following elements are involved. If they are missing, immediately begin to work them into your future study.

Sadly, so much of my mental, emotional, and even physical energy is consumed by things that seemed critical at the time, which now reside in the “not as important as they once seemed” category. It’s humbling to examine our past and all that has commanded our time and emotions.