Lead a Weblog for Young Adult Leaders

We’ve been discussing discipleship quite a bit on our blog lately. If you missed it, check out THIS, THIS, and THIS.

Discipleship is one of those things that everyone wants but many struggle to pursue or even understand. And, yes, healthy discipleship is difficult as it takes intentionality, time, and effort. However, we often make it much more difficult than it really has to be. In fact, many analyze it to such an extent that they have trouble getting started. We don’t want to fall into this trap and we’d imagine that you don’t either. Thus, in an effort to help, we’ve recently surveyed some of the nation’s leading collegiate and young adult ministry leaders about their opinions on this topic. We’re seeing patterns and trends develop that we’ll use in articles like this and in future work.

Welcome back to our monthly video blog for leaders featuring Threads’ young adult ministry specialist Jason Hayes. Each month Jason will take a couple of minutes to share leadership advice that will help you take your ministry to the next level. This week’s video defines what we mean when we talk about striving for depth in ministering to young adults.

One of the key attributes of leaders is that they go out in front and show others the way. Leading in the church means maintaining a balance: be above reproach but also remain among the people. Leading young adults is no exception. However, leading the next generation requires an attitude of indebtedness to the followers—leaders don’t exist without followers. So let me share with you a few critical issues from the perspective of these young adult followers.