This presentation is part of SLU's Think BIGGER webinar series. The speaker, Alvin Reid, discusses the importance of developing missional student ministries in today's world. The presentation is a summary of his discussion and serves as a basic reference tool for the webinar, which can be viewed at: webinar.studentleadership.net.

2.
Seven
Movements
for
Missional
Change
in
the
World
Today
From
the
book
As
you
Go:
Crea-ng
a
Missional
Culture
of
Gospel-­‐Centered
Students
By
Alvin
Reid

3. What’s
Happening?
• Growing
missional
shi9
in
the
church
today
• More
costly
now
to
be
a
follower
of
Christ
• Time
to
build
student
ministries
that
are
serious
about
the
gospel
and
applying
God’s
word
in
pracBcal
ways

4. Movement
#1
• Movement
away
from
moralisBc
therapeuBc
deism
to
gospel-­‐centered
theism
– The
Bible
is
not
primarily
a
book
of
morals…it’s
a
book
of
reality
– The
Bible
shows
us
who
God
is
and
how
His
grace
is
sufficient
– If
we’re
not
careful
we
turn
the
Bible
into
a
bunch
of
stories
that
have
a
moral
at
the
end
of
each

5. Movement
#2
• A
movement
of
gospel
recovery
– The
gospel
is
the
heart
of
the
story
– You
can’t
disagree
with
the
gospel
and
be
a
follower
of
Christ
– What
is
true
in
scripture
is
true
in
everyday
life
(movies,
sports,
etc.)

6. Movement
#3
• Movement
from
acBviBes
to
causes
– The
millennial
generaBon
is
interested
in
causes
like
adopBon,
human
trafficking,
etc.
– If
we
can
let
the
gospel
be
the
engine
that
drives
our
social
causes
and
social
jusBce,
remarkable
things
can
happen
in
our
Bme

7. Movement
#4
• Movement
from
the
student
pastor
as
an
acBvity
director
to
a
missionary
strategist
– What
really
maOers
now
is
making
and
building
disciples
– Where
you
are
does
not
make
you
a
missionary;
the
mission
you’re
on
makes
you
a
missionary

8. Movement
#5
• A
movement
that
keeps
the
same
gospel,
but
uses
a
different
scorecard
– Scorecard
needs
to
be
changed
to
reflect
missional
values
– New
evaluaBons:
How
many
missional
acBviBes
are
happening
at
public
schools?
How
many
students
are
going
on
naBonal/
internaBonal
mission
trips?
How
many
ChrisBan
families
are
living
out
missionally
in
their
neighborhoods

9. Movement
#6
• Movement
from
student
pastors
and
the
church
being
the
primary
disciplers
to
parents
becoming
primary
disciplers
– Parents
who
are
believers
want
to
know
how
to
be
missional
– They
are
realizing
they
need
to
be
missional
for
the
sake
of
their
children

10. Movement
#7
• Movement
from
what
we
do
for
God
to
what
God
can
do
through
us
– We
don’t
need
to
talk
to
young
people
about
God
unBl
we
talk
to
God
about
young
people
– Without
much
Bme
on
your
face
in
prayer,
you’ll
never
be
able
to
effecBvely
lead
ministries

11. 3
Things
Leaders
Must
Do
• Teach
Well
– What
we
say
maOers
• Live
Well
– We
cannot
expect
students
to
be
missional
if
we’re
not
• Structure
Well
– Young
people
will
imitate
what
we
celebrate

12.
This
is
not
for
our
ego.
This
is
not
for
our
glory.
THIS
is
the
work
of
GOD!

13. Scriptures
to
Remember
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Luke
24
Genesis
3:15
1
Corinthians
6
1
Corinthians
15
2
Corinthians
8
Ephesians
4
Ephesians
5
Deuteronomy
6