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• As student ministry continues to mature, are we
  developing
• students, or
• student ministries?

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Area of Development

• And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and
  in favor with God and with people.
• Luke 252

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Relationship

• He said to him, Love the Lord your God with all
  your heart, with all your soul, and with all your
  mind Love your neighbor as yourself.
• Matthew 2237-39

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• Therefore if anyone is in Christ, there is a new
  creation old things have passed away, and look,
  new things have come.
• 2 Corinthians 517

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• For by one offering He has perfected forever
  those who are sanctified.
• Hebrews 1014

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• Students will develop and demonstrate Christs
  character.
• Know the story and mission of Christs life
• Discover and embrace their identity in Christ
  (physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and
  intellectual)
• Demonstrate Christlike character

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• Students will make wise decisions.
• Affirm Scripture as the authoritative guide for
  their life
• Apply Scriptural principles to daily decisions
• Assume responsibility for their decisions
• Practice a life of purity

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Questions for Your Table

• Loving Yourself
• You have heard about it, but how does it play out
  in your own life?
• . . . in the lives of students?

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• Discuss
• Doing things for Christ
• versus
• Doing things because you
• love Him

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A Few Observations

• There are growing numbers of students in our
  country
• There are large numbers of churches who are
  ministering specifically to students
• Student baptisms are not keeping pace with the
  population growth
• Large numbers of students are graduating from
  church when they graduate from high school (65
  of 18-30 year olds stop attending church
  regularly for at least a year between the ages of
  18 and 22)

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The Dropout Rate

• 70 percent of young adults ages 23-30 stopped
  attending church regularly for at least a year
  between ages 18-22
• The remaining 30 of 23-30 year olds remained in
  church during those years, although with varying
  levels of frequency
• Among all 18-30 year olds, including those 18-22
  year olds who may still stop attending, 65 have
  stopped attending church regularly for at least a
  year between the ages of 18 and 22

Base 18-30 year olds who attended a Protestant
church regularly for at least a year in high
school (Ages 18-30 n1,557 ages 23-30 n732)
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While attending regularly only 20 of church
dropouts planned to leave church after high school
After high school, Im leaving church!
Q5. Thinking back to your days of regular church
attendance in high school, had you planned on
taking a break from church once you finished high
school? Base S3 Yes (n615)
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Who attends church is constantly changing, but
the number drops sharply between ages 17-19

• Churn occurs at every age some attendees are new
  or returning to church at the same time others
  are leaving
• About two-thirds attended twice a month or more
  at a given age under 14, 14, 15, and 16
• Declines in twice-a-month attendance that occur
  at age 17, 18, and 19 cut the number attending at
  this rate in half
• The lowest twice-a-month attendance levels occur
  at age 22

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Family Influences

• Most young adults indicate they had positive
  family influences, prior to turning 18
• 76 indicate Parents or family members attended
  church regularly
• 73 indicate Parents or family members genuinely
  liked church
• 66 indicate Parents or family members provided
  spiritual guidance

• Not surprisingly teen attendance mirrors their
  parents
• Only 19 of teens who regularly attended worship
  indicate their parents/family did not attend
  church regularly
• Only 8 of teens who had parents/family attending
  church regularly indicate they did not attend
  worship regularly themselves

Q6b. Please indicate whether each of the
following statements applies to your life prior
to turning 18 and whether it applies to your life
through ages 18-22. Base All (n1,023)
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Adults from church investing in teens

• Based on the indications of young adults the
  investment of multiple adults from church in
  their personal and spiritual life as teens
  directly corresponds with a lower likelihood of
  dropping out of church

Adults Making a Significant Investment in
Teens Life Between Ages 15 and 18 None 89
dropped out 1 76 dropped out 2 68 dropped
out 3 or 4 59 dropped out 5 or 6 57
dropped out 7 or more 50 dropped out
Among young adults indicating
Q6a. How many adults from church do you feel made
a significant investment in you personally and
spiritually between the ages of 15 and 18?
Base All (n1,023)
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An Important Question

• As student ministry continues to mature, are we
  developing
• students, or
• student ministries?

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• The solution is not to find a better plan for
  student ministry, but to find a biblical model
  for student development.

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Building a Biblical Model of Student Development
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One Last Question

• How is this strategy for student development
  carried out in the home and the church?

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Building a Biblical Model For Student Development
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