How to Create a Student Leadership Team with a Small Youth Ministry

Looking for Student Leadership Curriculum?  We've just launched our own called "Student Leadership Journey!"  Grab yours here: Student Leadership Journey.  \*\** If your youth ministry is small, “student leadership team” can sound like something for bigger churches with bigger budgets and a bigger youth group. We see it the opposite way. A small youth group is the perfect opportunity for building a healthy core of students who serve, grow, and set the tone the second a new kid walks through the door. When the culture is concentrated, it is instantly noticeable, for better or worse, and that is why a student leadership team can become your biggest lever for youth ministry health. We get practical about the fear almost every youth pastor has: “What if everyone applies?” We also talk about how to keep leadership from becoming a carbon copy of youth group by making it a different tempo with a clear focus on biblical leadership, character, and real responsibility. Along the way, we share hands-on coaching ideas, from assigning roles that fit students’ gifts to giving simple weekly challenges that train students to notice and include first time visitors. Then we dig into the “close vs closed” tension that shows up fast in smaller ministries. We lay out how to build a core that is genuinely close without feeling cliquey, and we give concrete ways to train students to welcome first-time visitors. You will also walk away with a list of serving roles inside the church and service projects outside the church that work especially well with a small, mobile student leadership team. This Fall, we are teaming up with Onward Leadership for a Fall Cohort!!!  If you are interested in joining or simply looking for more information, please visit: www.onwardleader.com If you are ready to build a student leadership team that fuels real discipleship and sustainable growth, listen now, then subscribe, share this with another youth pastor, and leave a quick ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review so more leaders can find it.  ======= **You may also enjoy these episodes:** (#040) How to Start a Student Leadership Team in Youth Ministry (#254) 5 Secrets to Creating a Strong Student Leadership Team in Youth Ministry! (#253) 3 Ways to Encourage Your Youth Group to Join Your Student Leadership Team (#203) Create a Student Leadership Team that Your Youth Group WANTS to Be a Part Of! (#304) 5 Mistakes that Youth Pastors Make With Student Leadership Teams Navigating the Cliques in Youth Ministry Student Leadership Teams ======= We love hearing from you all and we do our best to provide powerful and insightful youth ministry content on a weekly basis to be that coach and mentor you may not have, but desperately need. **If you have an episode idea, please E-Mail us at MinistryCoachPodcast@gmail.com**! If you have it on your heart to support this ministry, please consider going to our Patreon page at: www.patreon.com/ministrycoach ========= 🔄 **CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA** 📱: Ministry Coach Podcast: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MinistryCoach/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ministrycoachpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ministrycoachpodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ministrycoachpodcast Kristen Lascola: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/klascola/ Jeffrey Lascola: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grandmasterbengal/ ========= **Audio Equipment:** Microphones https://amzn.to/3V9GrrT Microphone Preamp https://amzn.to/3QVB3WQ Digital Recorder https://amzn.to/3eXmvkj \*This episode is not sponsored. Some of the links are affiliate links which simply means, if you buy something, we will receive a small commission (at no additional cost to you) Thank you!* Have a question? Reach out to us here! Support the show