In the Season 4 premiere of The GenSend Podcast, hosts Shane Pruitt, Paul Worcester, and Lacey Villasenor dive into the five key principles of leadership and discipleship that are vital for collegiate ministry. This episode highlights the importance of creating a prayerful, evangelistic, and leadership-focused environment that encourages students to live missionally.
Also in This Episode:
- Insights on how to identify, train, and empower student leaders
- The significance of embedding a multiplication mindset from the onset of students’ ministry involvement
- A structured leadership development pipeline is needed to equip students for ministry roles within and beyond their campus context
- Tips for ministries desiring to initiate or enhance a culture of student leadership and multiplication
Helpful Resources:
- Essentials for Collegiate Ministry eBooks: Discover the new series of eBooks on leadership principles for collegiate ministry (available for free!)
- Life on Mission App: A practical tool for sharing the gospel using the “3 Circles” method
- Creating Your Collegiate Leadership Pipeline: A guide for developing a structured leadership development process
- NAMB Evangelism Kit for Youth Leaders: Create a culture of evangelism in your youth ministry.
- NAMB Evangelism Kit for Collegiate Leaders: Create a culture of evangelism in your collegiate ministry.
- Personal Ministry Impact Worksheet: A practical tool to help you evaluate how effectively you are creating disciples and building the kingdom.
- Creating your Collegiate Leadership Pipeline: Design a structured plan to create Christian leaders at your ministry or church.
Shareable Quotes:
- “If we’re just befriending people and not pointing them to Jesus, then we’re friending people all the way to hell. We have to reach a point of pointing people to Him. The most loving thing we can do is say that Jesus is the only way. Silence is more unloving.” – Shane Pruitt
- “If people aren’t being obedient where they are now, what makes them think they’re going to be obedient in another country?” – Paul Worcester
- “It’s not our job to save people; it’s our job to point them to the One who can save them.” – Shane Pruitt
- “More time spent with fewer people can create greater results for the kingdom of God.” – Paul Worcester