Giving the Gospel weekly does more than reach the lost. It also empowers the believers (1 Corinthians 1:18) and supercharges the atmosphere (Acts 4:31-33).
Subscribe to The Greg Stier Youth Ministry Podcast because, in the next few months, we’re doing a series on effectively giving the Gospel (with an invitation) in every youth group meeting.
4. Tell Stories, Stories, and More Stories.
When your main youth group meeting and regular small group gatherings become storytelling havens, then you’ve crossed a powerful threshold when it comes to raising the evangelistic temperature. Stories of teenagers coming to Christ, growing in Christ, and making more disciples is the real party ready to happen in your youth group.
5. Inspire and Train Your Teenagers to Evangelize.
Teens need to know why they should share their faith. The reasons include the glory of God and rescuing people from the Hell they’re headed to and the one they’re living through. Get your teenagers motivated to share their faith, and then equip them to do it.
On November 11, there will be a day of global youth evangelism called Dare 2 Share LIVE. I strongly encourage you to register your youth group right away. It will inspire your teenagers to evangelize, equip them to lovingly and confidently share the Gospel, and mobilize them to do it. And it’s free!
6. Motivate Your Student Leadership Team To Lead the Way.
John Maxwell was right when he said:
Everything rises or falls on leadership.Â
So if you can get your student leaders sharing their faith, then the rest of the youth group will follow.
Don’t give up until your student leaders are leading students to Christ and setting the pace for the rest of your youth group in the process.
7. Live It Yourself.
Everything I wrote about student leaders is doubly true of you. If you want your teenagers to be warm to evangelism, then you’ve got to be hot. If you want them to be hot, then you have to be blazing. If you want them to be blazing, well, you get the idea.
In Luke 6:40, Jesus said:
The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.
Cranking the evangelistic heat up in your youth group starts by cranking it up in your own heart.
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