There is a strong likelihood that if you’re reading this, you are somehow involved with student ministry. So, as a person in leadership over teenagers, whether full-time, part-time, or volunteer, let me ask you a very important question:
Do your students understand and comprehend the simple Gospel of Christ?
Now, second question:
If your students understand it, can they explain it to someone else?
When any of us really understand and grasp a truth, that means we can explain it back to someone. Regardless of your theological training or denominational home as a Christian minister, the Gospel is and should be the pivotal point of your faith and your ministry. Without the Gospel, we have nothing but some spiritual principles with no foundation. But here’s the Good News—we do have the Gospel and it is our foundation. It is the power of God through which we are saved.
If there is anything that your disciples should leave your student ministry knowing, grasping, comprehending, and sharing is the Gospel. If they leave your watchcare after 4 years or 6 years and can simply tell the story of Christ and how He alone can save and redeem, you have given the world a powerful gift.
We want to challenge and inspire you in your on-going ministry and special events to make the Gospel a central focal point of your student ministry. Why? Because it is the pivotal point of Christianity.
For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile. This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous person has life.” For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile. This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous person has life.” —Romans 1:16-17 NLT
Be certain your students know the Source of their life. It may seem basic to regularly present and teach the Gospel, but it is still “the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes.” There is no other way. There is no other plan. Share Him with them, so they can share with the world!