Guidelines Ministries with Young People 2025-2028

Empower youth and young adults in ministry.

Unleash the potential of your congregation with a dynamic ministry area focused on mission and outreach. Whether you call it global ministries or mission and outreach ministries, this powerful initiative is about developing a year-round mission education and action program.

Imagine identifying the pressing needs of your community, your country, and even the world, and engaging your congregation in meaningful mission opportunities that address those needs head-on. With this ministry area at the helm, your congregation can make a real difference.

But there's more. We also want to help you turbocharge your mission and benevolence budget, ensuring that your congregation has every opportunity to participate financially in God's mission through the church. With our step-by-step Guideline, implementing the work of this ministry area has never been easier.

This is one of the twenty-six Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2025-2028 that cover church leadership areas, including Church Council and Small Membership Church; the administrative areas of Finance and Trustees; and ministry areas focused on nurture, outreach, and witness including Worship, Evangelism, Stewardship, Christian Education, age-level ministries, Communications, and more.

Empower youth and young adults in ministry.

Step into a sacred and thrilling leadership role with young people as they navigate the pivotal years of adolescence, early adulthood, and beyond. This Guideline, previously known as Young Peoples Ministries, will equip you with the knowledge and tools to build meaningful relationships and lead by example. Embrace the challenges, seize the countless opportunities to make a lasting impact, and prepare for unexpected blessings along the way. Discover the fulfillment that comes from guiding and empowering young minds. Let this be your compass as you embark on the journey as a youth or young adult coordinator.

This is one of the twenty-six Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2025-2028 that cover church leadership areas, including Church Council and Small Membership Church; the administrative areas of Finance and Trustees; and ministry areas focused on nurture, outreach, and witness including Worship, Evangelism, Stewardship, Christian Education, age-level ministries, Communications, and more.