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CFTROU 0200: Students- Challenging Spiritual Experiences

This season is all about our student ministry philosophy, and today, we unpack the third leg of our four-legged stool that serves as the sturdy base of truth we’d like to pass onto our student leaders: challenging spiritual experiences. Jimmy and Leslee are joined by Pastors John MacTaggart and Jake Kimbrell to explore how we at Family Church instigate challenging spiritual experiences for our students. We begin with why it’s important to provoke our students spiritually, the three main events that serve as great foundations for this purpose, and how we ensure that our entire congregation is engaged and actively involved. We end with how adversity breeds success, confirming why we need to constantly challenge our students on a spiritual level, and our guests share some helpful resources for cultivating the right mindset in student ministries. Join us to discover how to create challenging spiritual experiences that foster growth in your students and empower your ministry to inspire the next generation!

Key Points:

  • How we create challenging spiritual scenarios for our students at Family Church. 
  • Unpacking our biggest three annual events: ADVANCE, Camp, and Block Party.
  • Understanding what motivates students to grow in their faith and share The Gospel. 
  • How adversity breeds success and why we should be challenging our students at church.
  • Success stories from when we challenged our students spiritually. 
  • Helpful resources for provoking challenging spiritual experiences.

Challenging spiritual experiences are the most unique thing that a student ministry has to offer. Click To Tweet What we’re doing is we’re saying to the students, ‘We believe you’re not just the church of tomorrow; we believe you’re the church of today.’ Click To Tweet

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Jimmy on X

Leslee on X

John MacTaggart on X

John MacTaggart on Instagram

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Family Church on Facebook

Family Church on Instagram

Church for the Rest of Us on Twitter

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