The Seven Checkpoints for Youth Leaders

by Andy Stanley

Imagine meeting with the parents of your students and showing them the seven principles that serve as the foundation for all you will teach your kids.

Imagine having a content calendar that can be used to guide the development of your activity calendar throughout the year.

Imagine having a handful of carefully crafted principles to choose from in developing the theme of every camp of retreat.

These are just a few of the advantages of adopting the seven-checkpoints strategy. But the greatest advantage is You will know that you are doing more than providing exciting activities -- you are changing lives for eternity.

A New Strategy for Youth Ministry

Andy Stanley and Stuart Hall, both respected and effective leaders in the Christian Community, have developed a ground-breaking, dynamic plan for youth ministry of the coming decades. The Seven Checkpoints for Youth Leaders and the companion The Seven Checkpoints Student Journal presents a plan for a student's entire career in a youth group.

The challenges facing our youth grow every year. Quick fixes and short-term programs will not provide the life-strengthening results needed for the teens of today. This revolutionary approach promises and delivers what is needed in the world of youth ministries around the country today.

So what are you waiting for? You have a life to build. Open up this book and get the seven.

Genres: Leadership, Christianity, Christian, Church

284 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2001

About the author

Andy Stanley is the senior pastor of North Point Community Church, Buckhead Church, and Browns Bridge Community Church. He also founded North Point Ministries, which is a worldwide Christian organization.

Reviews

[MrWalterN · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stanley and Hall offer insightful advice for structuring and planning a student ministry in this book. I advise you to read it during the process of planning your ministry. The focus of each chapter will most likely fit into some part of your programming, but not necessarily in the order the book presents, so take good notes! I enthusiastically recommend The Seven Checkpoints to any student minister or volunteer interested in intentional organization of student ministry for significan spiritual growth.

[Kevin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had a lot of great ideas for doing youth ministry in a church context. The book didn't really talk as much about practical ways to implement these larger ideas in a youth program as I would have liked. Much of the content was, however, quite useful, especially if you are attempting to reorient the direction of your church's youth ministry.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great checkpoints. It is funny reading this book which was written in 2001. The nine years that have passed have seen many changes in the youth culture. Fortunately, what the students need to know hasn't changed! Helpful for those who are doing youth Ministry.

[Jeff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Most important book I've read in Youth Ministry. It dramatically altered the way I looked at both leading a youth ministry and even raising my own children. A MUST READ book for anyone interested in guiding children/students toward a healthy and mature adulthood.

[Russ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good reading for any one in youth ministry.

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was very good. Every student ministry should make sure their aim focuses on these.

[Shimar · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this book good. It was practical, clear, and readily applicable.

[Liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing Book! Must read for Children's and Youth Pastors!

[Scott Frazier · Rating 4 out of 5]

Practical book on the 7 necessities every youth ministry should strive to teach students. Highly recommend this book!

[Heather Gill · Rating 5 out of 5]

I use this plan for my youth group yearly!

[Jt]

good stuff for youth

[Jon-Michael Shelley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good principles to return to if you do youth ministry.

[Dan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not just for youth leaders. Every parent should read this before their child becomes a teenager.