Accountability
The Christian life is too difficult to live in isolation. Memebers without accountable relationships open themselves to potential trouble. At Dare2BUncommon we use quality small groups to promote accountability and encourage members to share their struggles.
Program Overview
When a members in a small group says that he/she plans to put into action a truth that they has heard, The member knows that this group of girls/guys will ask them about the application during the next meeting. Sharing opens the door to accountability to other members in the group. Christians without accountable relationships open themselves to potential trouble. The Christian life is too difficult to live in isolation. The Bible sheds some light on our need for one another. James 5:16 says, "Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed." Quality small groups allow students to share struggles and prayer requests, and they teach students that they can rely on church family during difficult times. A feeling of community is developed in a small group as members grow in a scriptural understanding of loving one another. We are told to
- serve one another (Gal. 5:13)
- accept one another (Rom. 15:7)
- forgive one another (Col. 3: 13)
- greet one another (Rom. 16: 16)
- bear one another's burdens (Gal. 6:2)
- be devoted to one another (Rom. 12:10)
- honor one another (Rom. 12:10)
- teach one another (Rom. 15:14)
- submit to one another (Eph. 5:21)
- encourage one another (1 Thess. 5: 11) 35:35.
Program Outline
GET REAL!
The hallmark of Dare2BUncommon is our personalized, individual spiritual growth and emotional growth development plan. One of the best ways to identify the spiritual condition and health of every teen and young adult is to Get Real. It means that we are honest about the spiritual condition of our doubting teens and young adults, and we help them work through their doubt to faith. We call this process “Spiritual Formation.”
Area Bible Study Small Groups
Our small groups meet at homes in their community. These weekly meetings are called Area Bible Studies (ABS). While the ABS have a time of Bible study, most of the time is spent building small-group community. The strategic positioning of our meeting places throughout the community allows us to reach more members who can't get a ride to the ministry events.
Discipleship Tools
Before we can identify appropriate resources to help our members develop spiritual habits, and their personalized, individual spiritual growth and development plan, we must first identify the habits we want teens and young adults to carry with them when they leave home. Developing these six HABITS are vital for lifelong independence, spiritual growth, and to maintain an authentic relationship with Jesus Christ.
Student Leadership
At Dare2BUncommon we make it very clear that we raise our expectations for the members we entrust with the title leader. We believe that the teens and young adults we place in roles of leadership need not only be committed to attending (crowd), committed to other believers through a small group (congregation), committed to growing spiritually on their own (committed), and committed to ministry (core), but also committed to a lifestyle that pursues godliness, honors God, and is above question.
We also help members discover their gifts. We teach our entire fellowship body that God has uniquely "shaped" every individual to do something in ministry. We teach them the five elements that can help them discover their personal ministry by using the acronym S.H.A.P.E.
Class 401
This is the last stop in our process. In this class, we begin by reviewing all the basics from the other three classes (101, 201, 301). We give members some practical tools to write a life mission statement that will characterize their walk with Christ as well as their call to make a difference in the world. At the end of the class, members are given an opportunity to commit to one of the extended mission trips our church provides.
Become a Member
Do you want to change lives? Do you want to change your life? Are you interested in being in an environment where spirituality is natural and authentic?
An environment where the unadulterated word of God is taught, and timeless and immutable biblical principles are applied? If so, then Dare2BUncommon is for you.
Reference
- Fields, D. (1998). Purpose-Driven Youth Ministry. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House.
- Stier, G. (2006).Ministry Mutiny: a Youth Leader Fable. Carol Stream: Tyndale House Publishers.
