Keith and I had a chance to spend time withBrent Crow over lunch at Orlando Airport a week ago. Brent is Jay Strack’s main man on the Student Leadership University front. He sees a lot of student ministries all over the world, so it was cool to get his take on what’s on the horizon for studnet ministry.
Here are some bullet points from our time with Brent:
-Do what no one else is doing.
-Students are looking for an experience.
-You have to let students lead and they must have ownership. Students love to create things and experiences and opportunities.
-“The greatest things going today are student created. Youth Ministers aren’t coming up with the new things, because it’s coming from the students.”
-Students want to be challenged like adults.
-“We treat a lot of our students like kids and we don’t tackle the deep things of God.”
-Teach them the Word of God. They can handle the Word, they have algebra, chemistry, etc.
-Give students a cause. Students are hungry for the Word and for a cause, something to believe in and run with i.e. social injustice…
-They have passion for these “causes” so you have to give them an outlet.
Keith and I keep getting reconfirmed on this thought that I have posted on before: the students of this generation are a cause oriented generation. They are more plugged in to the world affairs than any other generation.
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Amen... and Amen! K-Dogg
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