Question: What does the province of New Brunswick, Canada and the state of West Virgina, have in common?
Answer: Both of these locations are hosting Global Youth Ministry Network staff and volunteers to receive training in youth ministry starting this week!
Another great characteristic of two training events happening simultaneously is that this means that leadership multiplication is happening! Did you realize that one of Jesus’ key operating principles was to spiritually multiply leadership so that there could be an exponential growth of ministry that would reach and disciple people globally?
A youth ministry friend of mine, Rob Ely is leading a group of youth pastors and youth workers through our GYMN materials starting this week in West Virginia. Rob and I met when we were youth pastors together in St. Albans, West Virginia 18 years ago. We still work together today as he overseas youth ministry for the West Virginia Baptist Convention. Rob is also planning on taking the GYMN materials to Northeast India to train youth workers there in November of this year.
I am writing this article from the city of Sussex, Canada in the province of New Brunswick…north of Maine. I am teaching young leaders at Bethany Bible College in a course called Global Youth Ministry. These leaders are all planning on full-time ministry in their future. Their average age is about 22, so just imagine the impact they will have through the lifetime of ministry! If they impact 30 people per year over 40 years that will be over 1200 people impacted per leader trained.
The plane that brought me to Canada!
How exciting to realize that through your prayers and investment we get to equip youth leaders internationally in two distinct locations at the same time! We are multiplying together as His Word goes out to so that many will come to know Him!
