INTEGRATING MISSIONS INTO

YOUR YOUTH MINISTRY

BASS CONFERENCE 2015
SATURDAY MARCH 7 2015
 Who is here? Why?
Rev. Mark Tsujimoto
•Gospel Operation International-English
Ministry Coordinator/Mobilizer N.California
•Global Development Strategies Incorporated-
Supports a MBB house church movement in a
Creative Access Nation
•Former youth/children minister
 INTRODUCE YOURSELF:
• NAME

• CHURCH

• WHY ATTENDING WORKSHOP?

 BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND
WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH?
•“CHARACTERISTICS OF MATURE CHRISTIAN
YOUTH” https://www.firstthird.org/eym/
•GOALS: PRODUCE
1. “WORLD CLASS CHRISTIANS”
2. SERVANTS
3. WORLD CHANGERS
 WORLD CHRISTIAN
“As a child of the Kingdom, then believers then
become World Christians: By calling, they
belong to a universal fellowship-the Christian
church. By conviction they proclaim a universal
message-the Christian Gospel. By commitment,
they owe their allegiance to a universal King-
Jesus Christ. By vocation, they are part of a
universal movement-the Christian Mission”
J. Herbert Kane
 WORLD CLASS CHRISTIAN

“A world-class Christian is one whose lifestyle

and obedience are compatible, in cooperation,
and in accord what God is doing and wants to do
in our world.”
Paul Borthwick
 WORLD CHANGERS
Six Ways To Reach God’s World-OMF
1.Learn
2.Pray
3.Go
4.Send
5.Welcome
6.Mobilize
 ARE WE “WORLDCLASS
CHRISTIANS”, OURSELVES?
Paul Borthwick’s A Mind For Mission
 TODAY’S TALK
• INTEGRATING THROUGH PRAYER
• INTEGRATING THRU EDUCATION
• INTEGRATING THROUGH STM TRIPS
• INTEGRATING THROUGH PROJECTS
• INTEGRATING THROUGH MOBILIZING
• INTERGATING YOUR YOUTH MINISTRY INTO
GOD’S MISSION
 MISSION PRAYER
Consider incorporating mission prayer into your
meetings.
•POWER OF PRAYER: J. EDWIN ORR- “The Role
of Prayer in Spiritual Awakening”
•Prayercast: Prayercast.com
•Joshua Project: joshuaproject.net
•Operation World
 INTEGRATING THROUGH
EDUCATION/TRAINING
“CONNECTING THE DOTS”- Part of your ministry
is Christian education with the goal of teaching:

•What a disciple of Jesus Christ needs to know.

•What is the Christian worldview?

 MISSION TOPICS
• THE BIBLE AS A MISSION STORY
• OTHER RELIGIONS-T.H.U.M.B.
• OTHER WORLDVIEWS
• WHAT IS A MISSIONARY?
• WHAT IS GOD DOING IN THE WORLD?
• MISSION HEROES
• ACTS
• IDEAS?
 BIBLE AS A MISSION STORY

• Christopher Wright- The Mission of God

• Michael Goheen:
http://missionworldview.com/resources/
 MISSION VIDEOS
• EE-TAOW
• END OF THE SPEAR
• PEACE CHILD/NEVER THE SAME
• MARILYN LAZLO
• BREAKTHROUGH
• THE MISSION
• TRAVEL THE ROAD
 MISSION TRAINING
SHORT- Missions: God’s Heart for the World (IVP)
Xplore:6 LessonsExploring,God’s Word,World,Work
God’s Heart for the Nations

Medium-Kairos

Large-Perspectives
 INTEGRATING THRU STM TRIPS
How many have gone on STM?
Share your experiences:
•Benefits
•Where did you go?
•What did you do?
•Lessons learned?
 TWO SIDES TO STM TRIPS
CRITICISMS
1.Wrong motivation
2.Lack of Preparation
3.Wrong Perspective
4.Poor planning
5.No lasting impact
6.Disrupts long term work
REMEDIES TO PREVENT BAD STM’S
• Standards of Excellence in STM-
http://www.soe.org/
• STEM International: http://www.stemintl.org/
• Attitude Check
1.Who benefits the most?
2.Do we need to be in control, do only certain
ministries, require certain kinds of results?
 PLANNING
DON’T CREATE DEPENDENCY:

Corbett/Fikkert- When Helping Hurts

Paul Borthwick-Western Christians in Global
Mission: What's the Role of the North American
Church
 PREPARATION
• Spiritual Preparation: Cindy Judge-Before You
Pack Your Bags, Prepare Your Heart
 FOLLOW UP
• Reverse Culture Shock
• Transformation
Reentry Guide for Short-term Mission Leaders
Lisa Espineli Chinn
 PROJECTS/ACTIVITES
• Adopt a child-Compassion
• Microloans –Kiva.org
• Heifer International-

Which projects/activities has your group done?

 SIMULATIONS
• http://www.tear.org.au/search/search&tags-
like=simulation+game
• http://wycliffe.org.uk/beinvolved/resources/idea
bank.html
• 30 Hour Famine: http://www.30hourfamine.org
• Refugee Camp:
http://www.unhcr.org/473dc1772.pdf
 MOBILIZING

THERE’S A FUTURE MISSIONARY IN

YOUR YOUTH GROUP!
 HOW TO HELP THEM
• Pray for them like Paul did-
• Understand the process- “The Trail”
Pioneers.org
• To Timbuktu & Beyond: A Guide to Getting
Started in Missions
• Global Mission handbook
• Mission Conferences
 MISSION CONFERENCES
• URBANA-urbana.org

• CMC- afc.org

• Passion for the Nations

• World Christian Conference

 AVANCE
• Over 40 year track record of moving people
onto the mission field
• Summer program held in Mexico City
• Language immersion
• Live with host family
• Volunteer at Mexican church or NGO
MISSIONS IS MORE THAN A
MEANS TO AN END
WHAT SHOULD BE THE PRIORITY:
GOD’S MISSION OR YOUTH
MINISTRY?
 RESOURCES
• Exemplary Youth Ministry

• Kara Powell, Andrew Root, Kenda Creasy Dean