Gospel Advancing Programming Ideas
Incorporate Gospel Advancing into your youth ministry with these practical and proven program ideas, ranging from annual events to daily discipleship habits—and everything in between. Infuse these resources, practices, and events into your regular schedule, and watch God multiply your efforts!
Annual Catalytic Events
There’s nothing quite like a yearly big event to accelerate Gospel-sharing momentum.
Day of Global Youth Evangelism
The free youth ministry video event designed to spark a movement of teen-led Gospel conversations through your youth group.
Lead THE Cause
This summer teen evangelism training event helps youth leaders create passionate disciples who are reaching their world with the Gospel.
Gospel Advancing Short-term Mission Trip
Here are five simple ways to ensure any summer camp or mission trip is a life-changing experience for teens.
Quarterly Evangelism Training
Regularly equipping students with techniques to share the Gospel is highly effective in building confidence in your students.
Full Circle Curriculum
Full Circle dives into Luke 5:15-26, using games, video clips, and discussions to mobilize students to be more intentional about sharing their faith, using Jesus’s “Prayer – Care – Share” approach.
Before – Then – After
In just one lesson, the Before – Then – After curriculum first helps your students understand that every Christian has a salvation story worth telling and then teaches them how to articulate theirs.
Takeoff to Touchdown
This four-session youth curriculum first gives students biblical motivations to share their faith and then continues week by week, training them how to start, sustain, and gracefully wrap up meaningful conversations about God with the people in their lives.
Monthly Activation Experience
Activate the faith of your students by empowering them to do the very things they’ve been learning about.
Prayer Events
Give students the chance to experience the power of prayer in their everyday lives.
Care Events
Find ways to be the hands and feet of Jesus and meet the needs of your community.
Share Events
Putting what they’ve learned into practice and sharing the Gospel with others will accelerate the faith of your teens and allow them to experience the power of the Gosepl.
Weekly Storytelling
Habitually incorporating a time to share stories—good and bad—about praying for, caring for and sharing the Gospel with lost friends creates a culture of accountability in your group.
Pause for the Cause
This weekly “huddle” time helps your group feel more like a team, and the whole group looks forward to hearing how God is moving.
Daily Time in the Word
Continually learning about and building a relationship with the God who is worthy of being shared with others is essential for a healthy evangelistic life.
YouVersion Devotional: Life in 6 Words
Through this 7-day plan, you’ll unpack the most important aspects of the Gospel and give you a tool to share it.
Word of Life Quiet Time Devotional
This tool is designed to be used One-on-One with you and a friend that has just trusted Christ as Savior.
