Global Youth Ministry Network

At GYMN we know that a long-term partnership strategy

is the best approach to have a deep and widening impact.

We desire to partner with groups of youth leaders in a denominaton or national church alliance that is looking to develop an entire group of youth leaders and to create a team of trainers within their existing structure so that the multiplication of youth leadership can occur with local trainers and input.

We develop youth leaders through seminars so that they will be able to develop, train and mobilize other youth and youth ministers/pastors.

We believe that this works best in a process that utilizes the following characteristics:

1. Biblical ministry principles that are transferable across all cultures and all time.

2. Practical examples are necessary for the particpants to discover ways to implement the principles. These examples are provided from the trainers, but also through group interactions.

3. Time is also set aside for the seminar participants to put their ideas and plans into writing. This enables the youth leader and the youth ministry team, along with an accompanying pastor, to have a strategic plan for one entire year of ministry.

4. Follow up and encouragement is provided through our no cost Youth Connections training articles that are mailed to your church 6 times per year.

5. In addition, we encourage those involved in the training to establish a youth leaders network with those who attended, for the purposes of sharing ideas, struggles, concerns and victories together in ministry.

6. We provide additional advanced training, our Level 2, that assists you as a leaders to evaluate and further develop not only your ministry but your internal spiritual life and development.

7. In addition, we offer to the seminar participants additional resources that we have created for youth ministry. In order to continue our expansion and to cover our printing costs these items are offered at a reasonable cost. To see the examples of our Basic Training Discipleship book or the Connection Points youth leader guidebook click on the links.

                  Below is an overview of the seminar topics by level of training.
              For more details on the the ministry and the hosting process, see the
                                       Hosting Information packet page:

Level 1:

1. Need for Ministry to Youth

2 . Great Commission Youth Ministry (Seminar Overview)

3 . Planning and Evaluation

4 . Meeting Youth/Teens Where They Are

5 . Understanding Cults/Occult

6 . Building a Community Atmosphere in Your Group.

7 . Youth Evangelism

8 . Growth Level Discipleship

9 . Ministry and Leadership Level Discipleship

10. Multiplication Level Discipleship

11. Families Role in Youth Ministry

12. Leadership Team Development

13. Networking

14. Bible Study Methods

15. Teaching Process

Level 2:

1. Review of Level 1(Seminar Overview)

2. Creating a Purpose-Driven Youth Ministry

3. Evaluating Our Ministries

4. Advanced Goal Setting

5. Bible Study Methods Lab

6. Teaching Methods Lab

7. The Internal Life of the Christian Leader

8. Creating and Building a Ministry Team

9. Understanding Youth/Teens

10. Designing Events for Youth/Teens

Leadership Summit

By invitation only. This is a shorter seminar that is designed to certify those who have been through Level 1 and 2 and who have been role model youth leaders that have the gift of teaching. The purpose of the Leadership Summit is to allow these leaders to train other youth leaders in future seminars.