Map, Tree, List

The simple tool of a MAP represents WHERE YOU ARE and WHERE YOU WANT TO BE – the kids, the schools, the neighborhoods you’re called to and praying for. Most of you have those in your heads – it’s also helpful to have in your pocket – to pray over and to share with those you’re inviting into eministry.

The LEADERSHIP TREE is a tool for living out of the Great Commission – Jesus’ charge to “go and make disciples.” The core principle revolves around identifying and discipling three people, who in turn identify and disciple three others. The tree captures what is true and best about Young Life: a network of spiritual relationships through which we are transformed and ministry grows.

MATTHEW 9:36-38 says, “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.’” Creating a Matthew 9:38 list is a strategic way to PRAY FOR NEW LEADERS by keeping their names in front of us in the midst of our busy schedules. It is also a great tool for inviting committee and other leaders into the process of praying for and recruiting new leaders.