YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY

SM 200 – SPECIALIZED MINISTRY

LECTURER – REV. SANYA BEHARRY
PRESENTED BY – STEPHANIE
BALDEOSINGH
DATE – 31st MARCH, 2023
What is young adult ministry?
According to the UN, we can make a distinction between "YOUTH" and "YOUNG ADULTS"

TEENAGERS 13-19 years

YOUTH – 13-30
years
YOUNG ADULTS 20-30 years
Teenagers – 13-19
• Living under the authority of their parents/guardians
• Involvement in church life may be more mandated than
voluntary
• Ministry towards youths aims to
• establish a relationship with God,
• familiarize them with Biblical teachings,
• encourage them to be Christian witnesses in their circles
Young adults – 20-30
• Adults; no longer under the authority of their parents (in
various degrees)
• Involvement in church life becomes more personally voluntary,
and would have to be driven by an actual desire to serve
• Their decisions to be involved is now influenced by their
distinct life and faith situations and contexts
• Examples – working, university, dating, married, young parents
What is young adult ministry? - there's a difference!
• YA Ministry aims to both minister to, and serve, those in the age
bracket of 20-30/40, catering to their specific needs while also
forming them into leaders.
• Most committed YA's who have a genuine interest in
being involved in YA Ministry (being ministered to AND being
involved in ministering) desire:
• Joy – filled community life
• Accessibility to the sacraments
• Engaging preaching and teaching (inclusion)
• Mentorship
• Guidance and discernment
What is young adult ministry? - there's a difference!
• YA Ministry is supposed to be geared towards equipping
people to be leaders, by offering resources to assist
them in their own, personal journeys and contexts).
• There should be a desire to see the YA's find a home
within the church.
What is young adult ministry? - there's a difference!
• YA's should be given the tools and vision to become
evangelists and YA leaders in their own contexts.
• 3 main characteristics of a formed YA leader:
• Compassion
• Joy-filled and consistent prayer life
• Personal initiative
Ya ministry in pctt
Young adult ministry in pctt
• Most of PCTT's "youth ministry" is grouped for youths
aged 13-30 – camp, youth groups, etc. There isn't
(much, if any) separation of teenaged ministry and young
adult ministry
• But should there be? Who says that there should be?
#philosophy moments
Young adult ministry in pctt
• There is a distinct problem within PCTT that we can
see – where we have bunches of teens/youths, but then
miss our young adults until they return to church with
children of a Sunday School age.
• They sometimes don't return at all
• So perhaps, this separate engagement IS needed, and
would make for good change
Survey says
an example of young adult
ministry - jesus
Jesus, in essence, led a youth ministry
• Jesus started His Ministry at age 30. He would have
been preparing for it for a number of years
• His disciples would have been younger than Him
• Timeline for a Jewish child -
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter
and John, and perceived that they were
uneducated, common men, they were
astonished. And they recognized that they
had been with Jesus.- acts 4:13
Should pctt engage in
ya ministry?
WHAT ARE THE WAYS IN
WHICH MINISTRIES FOR
YOUNG ADULTS CAN BE
EXPANDED?