GENERATION SPARK
Christian Mentoring for Teens and Young Adults
Show young adults why being part of the church matters.
Young adults are leaving the church behind in record numbers. Without meaningful relationships in the churches they grow up in, many young adults don’t even see what they’re missing when they stop going. Generation Spark offers your church a research-based way to not only keep young people spiritually engaged but equip them to lead your church into the future. The key: mentoring. Generation Spark partners with you to build authentic intergenerational relationships between 16-24-year-olds and spiritual mentors in your church.
Application deadline: August 22, 2022
Launch: October 2022
Cost: Free
It's time to take a serious look at mentoring ministry
Young Christians
have left their worshiping congregations (Barna Research).
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MORE YOUNG ADULTS CONNECT TO A CHURCH
when they move away from home or start college if they have a spiritual mentor in their home church (Renegotiating Faith).
Young leaders
Key benefits of spiritual mentoring for churches
- Keep youth and young adults involved in church beyond high school graduation.
- Fully integrate a new generation into the life and leadership of the church.
- Learn from and about each other through intergenerational relationships.
- Skip the awkward stage of forming intergenerational relationships with built-in structure and shared purpose.
How Generation Spark mentoring ministry works
Recruit your team
Find mentors and connect them with mentees. Ask others to serve as prayer partners in your mentoring ministry.
Engage mentoring pairs in problem-solving
Mentors and mentees work together on a solution to a problem in your church or community.
Youth present solutions
Mentees share the ideas for solutions that have emerged through their mentoring partnership with your church or community.
Determine what’s next
Discern what it would look like to move forward with the ideas mentoring teams share. Consider how you can continue to foster intergenerational ministry partnerships with mentoring.
Testimonials and stories
Are you ready to become a more intergenerational church?
Apply to start mentoring with Generation Spark! Schedule a call with us to see whether Generation Spark is the right fit for your church or organization. Or email generationspark@rca.org to connect with our team.
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