Youth Ministry Personalities

In youth ministry you will come across all types of demeanors and personalities. Every once in a while you have a student who you have trouble with. Some of the students will be extremely introverted and rarely if ever open up to the group. Some of the students will be chatterboxes, and you’ll rarely if ever be able to get them to be quiet. As a youth leader it is important to remember that you are dealing with children to young adults and their actions have not always a representation of themselves but rather their upbringing and their environment. Here are just a few personalities that you will come across in your youth ministry experience.
Let’s start off with the students who like to talk at all times. Sometimes you’ll be teaching a Bible lesson and they will just be yapping away. These are the same students who will take control of a group discussion, which is not always a bad thing. But when they are talking at inappropriate times they can become a distraction for you and the rest of your students.
To deal with students who like to talk a lot, but that’s the way it is more often than not direct confrontation. If you’re teaching a Bible lesson and a student is talking and being a distraction, call them by name and ask if they have any input they would like to share with the group. You can also delegate tasks to the students such as leading a group discussion. As long as the discussion stays on track and doesn’t get out of hand, giving duties to your students is a great way to control that extra energy they have to talk, can make a positive for the group.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, you will have some students who rarely if ever open up. Shy students usually have a lot to contribute, but for whatever reason, don’t feel comfortable opening up in a group environment. You should never put a shy student on the spot; instead give them passive responsibilities to slowly get them to interact with the other students. A few responsibilities that you give to them are taking attendance at the beginning of class or writing answers during a group discussion that the group comes up with on the blackboard. The objective is not to shine a spotlight on them, but instead just get them to start feeling like they are part of the group.
Another very interesting personality that you will come across in your youth ministry is that “Know it all”. Some students have an overabundance of confidence and it shows in how they treat fellow students and also you as the leader. If you are teaching a Bible lesson and make a mistake of some sort they will probably be the first to correct your mistake. The students might also criticize other students or you freely. Be sure to nip this in the bud and contain any out of line behavior. Take the criticism that they may give, and turn it around into a question for the group, this is a great way to cut any tension or stress in the class.
This is just a small cross sampling of the kind of personalities that you will encounter as a youth leader; remember that you are there to lead every single one of your students to a positive relationship with Jesus Christ. Some may take longer than others, and some may need a little more encouragement than others, but respect each and every one of your students, and eventually they will all do the same for you.

Bible Study Topics for Ministry

Bible study topics can be something very easy to come up with but there are also times when coming up with a good topic can be actually difficult. It’s just like a writer’s block, sometimes a great author just can’t seem to put the pen to the paper and come up with something that they like. And there are times when a youth minister or youth leader just can’t come up with interesting Bible study topics to share with their youth ministry.
Here are a few tips for you to use when coming up with interesting Bible study topics to share with your youth ministry.
First and foremost you should make sure that every topic that you come up with has relevance with teens today. If you are teens can connect with the topic that you have come up with for them to study than they are more likely to be interested and participate to the fullest extent. A great way to find out what is interesting to your students is to simply ask them. Here is a great way to generate interesting Bible study topics.
At the beginning of one class give each student a pen and a piece of paper. Have them write down five topics that they would like to have your youth ministry cover in the next few weeks. If your youth ministry has just 10 members and each of your students wrote down five topics, all of a sudden you now have 50 different topics to get you started.
The Bible study topics that you come up with and share with your youth ministry should also be timely. So if there is something happening in the world that is making big news, use that as a topic to connect with Scripture to share with your students. By making sure that your Bible study topics are timely you instantly create a connection with the material that you are teaching to the world that we are living in.
Your Bible study topics should also allow for open debate within your youth ministry. There was nothing wrong with being a little controversial with a topic that you deliver. I’ve been a little controversial, you can almost guarantee that you will have a great open discussion with your youth group at the end of the lesson.
Bible study topics should always be interesting and should always be taught with the enthusiasm that you have for our Lord Jesus Christ. If your passion and your love for God shines through in the material that you are teaching to your students, even if the topic is a little boring or mundane, you can capture your students attention and imagination with your presentation.
No matter what Bible study topics you choose to share with your youth ministry keep in mind that the most important part of any lesson is that it is founded strongly on Scripture and the teachings of Jesus Christ. Have fun with the Bible study topics that you choose to share with your students and do your best to lead them to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

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Question by Thessdian: BIBLE Question: “Where in the bible does it speak of Taking Thoughts into Captivity to the obedience….?
of Christ ?” And what exactly does this mean. I can only presume that it somewhat means to take one’s thoughts into captivity to the obediance of the bible, to cast out wrong, unskillful thinking ?

Come on, Father K, and others who have been reading and studying the bible for a long time, I need some help. *Thank You for all you intelligent, and most encouraging answers.
Thank You all for all your encouraging, excellent answers, and to those who threw in a verse or two to further explain these verses, such as Tim.

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Answer by royal racer
2 Corinthians 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

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