A DECADE OF INTENTIONAL MINISTRY FOCUSED ON RAISING UP A

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• A DECADE OF INTENTIONAL MINISTRY FOCUSED ON
  RAISING UP A GENERATION OF JESUS MEN AND WOMEN

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Is Next Generation Ministry Biblically Necessary?

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The Question of Relevance?

• NGM.equips students to interpret and apply
  Gods word to all of life, taking into account
  the relevant issues and the development needs of
  adolescents

• Dr. Eric Larsen
• Director of the Global Youth and Family Ministry
• www.gyfm.org

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Setting the Stage for Youth Ministry

• In creation Cultural Mandate Gen 128Filling
  the earth is more than procreation.
• In the Fall Genesis 316Pain in fulfilling the
  Cultural Mandate Matthew Henry says child
  bearing is best understood as child rearing.
  Sin makes the process of raising children
  something that requires help.

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• Genesis 4 Devastating effects of sin are upon
  the family as Cain kills Abel.
• Genesis 6 Corruption spreads from one family to
  whole earth.
• After the flood Genesis 91, 7 Be fruitful and
  multiplyemphasis on the generations.?
• Destroying the family again Ham

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• Genesis 11 Tower of BabelPeople dispersed for
  their own goodGod begins calling his people
  together with three distinct purposes.

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Worship
I will be their God
The Generations
The Nations
Ministry
Gods People
Discipleship
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• Important to recognize that the family is the
  primary social structure within the Covenant
  community but it is not above the Covenant
  community

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• Gods kingdom purpose for his people is both
  geographic in the nations (Matthew 28, Genesis
  12, 15, 17, Acts 1) and generational (Deuteronomy
  5, Psalm 78).
• Doesnt change with formation of the church in
  Acts 2Dispersion of the people to the nations
  and promise reiterated to the children

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Where in Scripture do we see Gods love of
children demonstrated?
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Great Expectations 2009-2010

• Youth and childrencomplementing, not competing
  ministries
• Responsethe call needs to come from church
  leadership
• Parentsthe church could do better equipping
  parents to disciple children
• Expectationsneed to see our children ready to
  serve and give back during adolescent years

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PRESENTING CHRIST TO CHILDREN

• How do we effectively implement Deuteronomy 6 in
  this culture at this time?

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TRANSFORMING CHILDREN INTO SPIRITUAL CHAMPIONS

• Results of a 2-year study of theevangelical
  church in America by George Barna show
• 93 of young people consider themselves to be
  Christian by age 13
• 35 are absolutely committed to the Christian
  faith
• 4 affirm orthodox beliefs
• This study is now 5 years old and the numbers are
  still declining
• 75 of 15 year-olds are leaving the church

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• All authority in heaven and on earth has been
  given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of
  all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
  Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and
  teaching them to obey everything I have commanded
  you. And surely I will be with you always, to the
  very end of the age.
• Matthew 28 18-20

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John Piper (World Magazine)

• America is now one of the top four nations in
  the world with the largest unchurched population.

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TRANSFORMING CHILDREN INTO SPIRITUAL CHAMPIONS

• Having devoted more than two decades of my life
  and all of my professional skills to studying and
  working with ministries of all types, I am now
  convinced that the greatest hope for the local
  church lies in raising godly children. Every
  year, tens of thousands of parents are brought to
  faith in Christ because one of their children was
  so changed by his own relationship with the Lord
  that the parent could not ignore the power of
  Christ any longer. Further, we have discovered
  that peer evangelism among young childrenis one
  of the most prolific and effective means of
  evangelism in the nation. In addition, every
  year hundreds of thousands of uncharted people
  explore Christian churches in their search for a
  spiritual anchor. Among those who have children
  in tow, the largest share who get involved in
  congregational life select their church because
  of the quality of the childrens ministry.
• George Barna

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TRANSFORMING CHILDREN INTO SPIRITUAL CHAMPIONS

• Research summary
• If you want to have a lasting influence upon the
  world (or the church), you must invest in
  peoples lives and if you want to maximize that
  investment, then you must invest in those people
  while they are young.
• MALACHI 46
  LUKE 117

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What are we trying to produce? A KINGDOM
DISCIPLE

• By the Word and the Spirit
• What is a Kingdom Disciple?
• One who has
• A Heart that loves King Jesus.
• A Mind that thinks like King Jesus.
• A Life that follows and
• serves King Jesus.

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Practically speaking, what does that look like?

• 2020In ten years can we expect to see a fourteen
  year-old who
• LOVES JESUS
• LOVES HIS CHURCH
• LOVES HIS WORD
• SERVES HIS PEOPLE
• NEEDS HIS PEOPLE
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Can we expect to see a fourteen year-old who

• TRUSTS JESUS IN TRIALS
• FINDS STRENGTH IN ETERNAL SECURITY
• LONGS TO SHARE THE GOSPEL IN WORD AND DEED
• RECOGNIZES THE ENEMY AND HIS SCHEMES
• PRAYS CONTINUALLY THAT THESE TRUTHS MAY BE
  CERTAIN IN HIS LIFE AND IN THE LIVES OF HIS
  FAMILY AND FRIENDS
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LUKE 640Any student when fully trained will be
like his teacher.

• (Any child when fully trained will
• be like his parents)
• Making disciples
• Who are we that they may follow our example as
  kingdom disciples?

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one who LOVES JESUS

• His name must be ever on our lips
• as we lead little children to worship Him in
  spirit and truth

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one who LOVES JESUS CHURCH

• We must know the children and show love toward
  the children in our church.

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one who LOVES THE WORD

• We must love the Word ourselves and believe in
  its power unto salvation

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Lets take a new look at

• Scripture Memory
• Catechism
• Hymnology
• What are we hiding in their hearts at the most
  formidable time for lifetime learning?

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one who SERVES HIS PEOPLE

• Our children must be trained to come alongside us
  in ministry opportunities at the earliest age
  possible.

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one who NEEDS THE BODY

• We must serve them well in word and deed so they
  may develop a healthy reliance upon Gods people.

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one who TRUSTS HIM IN TRIALS

• Are we telling our God
• stories so that our
• churchs children are
• continually seeing
• proof of His faithfulness and sufficient grace?

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one who FINDS STRENGTH IN
ETERNAL SECURITY

• Are we giving very intentional gospel
  presentations? Do they witness our own delight
  in the surety of an eternal heavenly home?

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one who LONGS TO INTRODUCE JESUS TO
THE WORLD IN WORD AND DEED

• Are the children following our lead as we
  passionately take the Gospel outside our church
  to the community and the world?

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one who RECOGNIZES THE ENEMY AND HIS SCHEMES

• We must not be afraid to
• name him and point out
• his antics
• To pray against him.
• Lords Prayer

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one who PRAYS CONTINUALLY THAT THESE THINGS MAY
BE SO

• Are we praying the Lords prayer on Sunday
  morning only?
• Lord, teach us to pray.

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PSALM 788

• To reach the next generation with the truthto
  truly make kingdom disciplesWe must become a
  visibly repentant generation of family and church
  leaders.

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PRAY that God will raise up kingdom disciples

• In your church
• In this decade
• In our generation and the next

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2020 VISION Accomplished?

• Youth Ministry would be
• youth doing ministry
• being trained by example and experience

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2020 VISIONLets keep talking about it

• OCTOBER 23, 2010 philadelphia
• JANUARY 18-20, 2011 st. louis
• MARCH 11-12, 2011 orlando
• Be there and bring a brother or sister who needs
  to catch the 2020 VISION

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2020 VISIONLets networkfacebookblog

• pcacep.org will take you to our website
• click on 2020vision
• e-letters with continued focus on 2020vision
• continual resource updates

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• March/April
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• What is the 2020 Vision?  Here at Christian
  Education and Publications we want to help the
  local church with training and resources that
  will enable you to spend this decade focused on
  training up a generation of Kingdom disciples. 
  In both youth and childrens ministries we want
  our churches to ask the question, What do we
  want our 4 year-olds to be like when they are
  fourteen?  In ten years, what place do we want
  our 15 year-olds to have as young men and women
  in the church? 
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• As we answer those questions together, we must
  become very intentional about the kind of
  ministry we will have in the next decade to
  realize our vision for the year 2020 His church
  filled with strong Jesus men and Jesus women!
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• 2020 VISION will include conferences, new
  resources, online communications and local
  training to help us pray together, train parents
  and church leadership, and connect as a church in
  the task of making disciples of our children.
  Click here to download Sue Jakes' PowerPoint
  presentation on 2020 VISION.

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2020 VISIONWhat else is coming?

• Second Invitational strategic planning meeting in
  Atlanta, September 14
• New resources for handbook with
• 2020 vision emphasis

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Resource Recommendations you can take home with
you

• GOSPEL POWERED PARENTING by William P. Farley
• THE FAITHFUL PARENT by Martha Peace and Stuart
  W. Scott
• SHEPHERDING A CHILDS HEART and INSTRUCTING A
  CHILDS HEART by Ted Tripp
• ONE YEAR OF DINNER TABLE DEVOTIONS by Nancy
  Guthrie
• HEART OF THE HOME by Priscilla Stewart and Sue
  Jakes

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2020 VISIONLet us help you bring it home!

• Plan a training event in your church or
  presbyteryif you build it
• we will come

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2020SHARE THE VISION

• Send us your
• Ideas
• Success stories
• Thoughts on training and future events
• jgoodman_at_pcanet.org
• sjakes_at_pcanet.org

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2020 VISION

• Pray for CEP
• Funding, staffing, strategic planning
• Upcoming conferences
• Resource development

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GREAT EXPECTATIONS in 2010 CATCHING THE 2020
VISION

• Ephesians 320-21 (The Message)
• God can do anything, you knowfar more than you
  could ever imagine or guess or request in your
  wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us
  around but by working within us, his Spirit
  deeply and gently within us.    Glory to God in
  the church!    Glory to God in the Messiah, in
  Jesus!    Glory down all the generations!
     Glory through all millennia! Oh, yes!

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2020 Vision

• Oh, yes!

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2020 Vision and Your Local
Church

• Participation in planning and strategy
• Ownership of the vision by leaders and families
• Denominational giving
• Praying that this revival would happen locally,
  nationally, internationally
• by the Word and the Spirit