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"Faith Print Youth Ministry exists . . . "

Faith Print Youth Ministry, the Youth Ministry of Trinity Baptist Church identifies itself in just
that way. It is an important and valid ministry of Trinity Baptist Church. Its lifeblood is the support that
is offered to it by the church through financial and human resources. Faith Print is a ministry of Trinity
Baptist Church and is subject to the expectations, plans and procedures of the greater church body. It in
no way seeks to be separate nor to function outside the accountability structures of the church.
At the same time Faith Print has chosen its name in a deliberate statement of the validity of its
ministry within the church. Often churches view middle school and high school students as expendable.
They are seen as those who "should do" the jobs no one else in the church desires to do. We do not exist
to provide free labor or to keep students in a holding pattern until they can "grow up and be a part of the
church." Faith Print acknowledges that most of the students involved in our ministry are full members of
Trinity Baptist Church. In keeping our theology of spiritual gifts consistent we must acknowledge
teenagers as full members of the church now, not just in the future. Teenagers have gifts, ideas and
talents that must be used and developed in the church now. It is for this reason that we have consciously
chosen the term "youth ministry" instead of "a youth group." The later term conjures up the "dark ages"
of youth miniskies when students were locked away in youth rooms with broken recreation equipment,
old album covers and the leftover food from adult functions. The purpose ofthe "youth group" is
primarily to entertain and to "give students something to do to keep them out of trouble." Luckily,
churches are beginnin g to realize that teenagers deserve no less than other members of the church and
should expect nothing less than respect and validation from the larger church body. We have chosen the
term "youth ministry" because that is what we are. We are a valid ministry to students that attempts to
equip students to reach others.

"...to expose students to God's love and grace . . . "

Our Purpose Statement really begins with this first phrase describing the foundation of
Evangelism. "To expose students" was chosen intentionally. We believe that our role is evangelism is
simply to expose others to God. Some take an approach in which evangelism focuses on the result . . .
how a person responds. Faith Print exists not to manipulate or to teach simplistic and artificial ways to
God. Often a person's path to God is complex and involves many people over many years. Faith Print
exists to simply expose students to God's love and grace.

The Youth Committee intentionally chose the term "to expose" to reflect our role in this process.
Some teach that our job is to witness and to "bring them in." Faith Print affirms the important role of
evangelism, yet we also recogni ze that it is God himself who does the calling and does the "saving." We
are simply conduits of that love and grace. Our role is simply to provide programming and environments
in which students are introduced and exposed to the radical ideas of God's passionate love for us and His
unconditional acceptance found only in His "amazing grace." A student's being "found by God" is
something that happens between himself or herself and God. We only hope that Faith Print plays a role
in this divine romance.

"...and to develop their relationships with other believers . . ."

The placement of this phrase here is intentional. The ministry takes place in the context of
relationships. (Often churches use the term "fellowship" for this idea. Many in the past have focused so
strongly on relationships in youth ministries that the ministry focus has become secondary to the
relationships. What does this mean? It means that our focus is not on providing fun, relevant and
exciting opportunities for students to hang out and get to know each other. If those things happen (and
they should), they will happen in a larger context of a ministry. The forming of these relationships is not
an end, but only a means to a greater end of ministry and God-sized life change in the lives of our
teenagers.

"...as they interactwith God. . ."

Continuing the previous thought, this phrase answers the "How?" question raised by the previous
commentary. How will students develop relationships with other believers? The first step is to provide
environments in which students interact with God. Worship is what we are describing here. There is a
great deal of theology packed into these five words which cannot be unpacked here. Faith Print defines
worship as simply "interaction with God." We believe that worship is not a show or something we attend
or watch. Worship is something we do. As students develop relationships with each other, they do it
first in the life-changing context of interacting with God- a God who loves them and daily pursues them.
Our youth ministry heavily emphasizes a theologically rich worship relationship between God and
students. We exist not to provide warm and fuzry feelings, but to help students speak to God and hear
from God in a language they speak and understand clearly.

"...serve those in need."

As students interact with God and each other, servibe is the only appropriate response.
"Missions" is another term for this. Our model is Christ. We love and serve because He first loved us.
Some ministries allow students to get to know each other and provide warmfuzzy worship services.
These ministries miss the point. It isn't about us! To teach students their faith is complete as long as
they see their friends and they "enjoy" their worship is to sell students short. This theologically
immature approach produces students (and adults) that seldom grow to experience selfless and God-
focused faith.
We believe that we must provide students opportunities to serve others. We do it first and
foremost because Christians must respond to God's love by serving others. We also offer the
opportunities knowing that teenagers are developing their identify at this developmental stage. To offer
chances to serve allow students to mold selflessness and other-focused living into their identities and
ultimately their lifelong faith.

"...and expand theirfaith in Christ."

If we are to provide a holistic ministry to students, we must disciple or kain them. It is our
responsibilify to teach our students the faith. We strive to teach them to think theologically about their
faith. We will do this by asking our students to struggle with deep and fine points of Christian theology.
It is not simply enough for students to "know their Bible." Winning a Bible trivia award gets a student
nowhere. Our hope is that students will learn to expand their concepts of God and faith as they explore
and apply the radical teachings of Christ. This, along with the other opportunities we hope to offer will
go a long way in producing disciples who are able to daily love God with their hearts, soul, strength and
mind.
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Key Result Areas (KRA's) are the dimensions of our ministry in which we must achieve results
if we are to fulfill our mission as a youth ministry. These are the specific areas of our vision in which we
strongly believe God desires our ministry to have an impact. Our Key Result Areas are:

Evangelism (Expose)
Fellowship (DeveloP)
Interact (Worship)
Discipleship (ExPand)
Missions (Serve)
Leadership DeveloPment
Parent and FamilY Ministry

The first five KRA's are taken directly from our purpose statement. The last two, as will be
explained later, are key areas in which we must succeed if we are to have a foundation upon which to
build our ministry.

Within each of these KRA's you will find a Vision Statement. This statement clarifies what we
see as our vision for that particular area. A1l of these statements are seen as supporting the primary
purpose of our ministry which is stated in our Purpose Statement. After a brief commentary readers will
find two sets of goals: "Work Goals" and "Faith Goals." "Work Goals" are defined as goals we have set
for ourselves in which we are actively working to achieve. These are the goals the Youth Committee will
work towards implementing this year or in the near future. "Work Goals" are goals that we can do and
things that are directly in our control. Often in ministry there are things we would like to see, but are
outside our direct control. What church would not love to see many come to faith? Yet, theologically
and practically we know that this is out of our control. Faith is between God and another person. We
can not directly control that. For that reason, goals that we would like to see and are praying for, but are
not in our control for some reason are listed as "Faith Goals." As we pray for our Youth Ministry our
"Faith Goals' become our prayer points. These are the things for which we are praying.

These goals are not unchangeable. Throughout the year the Youth Committee will evaluate our
success and will adjust our KRA goals. Each year an updated copy of "The Map" will be made
available to keep our congregation, parents and students aware of where we are in this journey called
"Youth Ministry."
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Throughout history, Baptists have emphasized the need for personal faith in Christ, through
grace and not by works. Trinity Baptist Church fully falls within that theological tradition. When
thinking and writing about evangelism I often refer to the Lausanne Covenant. This is a theological
statement that I have studied, read and agree with. As a "good Baptist" I would never adopt it as a creed
or as an unconditional statement of MY faith, yet I believe the theology is sound. It expresses as best as
anyone else can express my views on evangelism.

Concerning the nature of evangelism, the Lausanne Covenant states:

To evangelize is to spread the good news that Jesus Christ died for our sins and was raised from the dead according to the
Scriptures, and that as the reigning Lord he now offers the forgiveness ofsins and the liberating gifts ofthe Spirit to all who
repent and believe. Our Christian presence in the world is indispensable to evangelism, and so is that kind of dialogue whose
purpose is to listen sensitively in order to understand. But evangelism itself is the proclamation of the historical, biblical Christ as
3*iout and Lord, with a view to persuading people to come to him personally and so be reconciled to God. In issuing the gospel
invitation we have no liberty to conceal the cost of discipleship. Jesus still calls all who would follow him to deny themselves,
take up their cross, and identify themselves with his new community. The results of evangelism include obedience to Christ,
incorporation into his Church and responsibie service in the world.

We desire to teach our students that evangelism is not "an event" that takes place, but a lifestyle.
The way we live our daily lives among the people we meet is our daily "witness." It is my belief that as
students experience, understand and articulate their faith we are empowering them to adopt evangelism
as just that- a lifesryle.

Work Goals Faith Goals

I Provide training to students during The Observe God bring students to faith within the reach of
Journey to help them understand how to write our youth minisfry.
and share their own testimonv of faith.

z Provide opportunities to students to share Observe our students becoming passionate about what
their testimonies during Soul Feast God has done and is doing in their own lives.

J Provide opporhrnities to share their Develop, as God brings them forth, students who would
testimonies during Trinity worship services commit to training and development in peer ministry.

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to fellow students who may be searching for
God.

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For many years youth ministries have excelled in providing opportunities for students to spend
time together and "fellowship" together. Few ministries struggle with this important aspect of ministry.
At Faith Print we desire for our fellowship to be warm, inviting and genuine. Our desire is also that we
not allow this one area to be the engine that drives the ministry. We seek to provide opportunities for
students to experience "Christian fellowship" within the context of all that we do. If we separate "fun"
out of Bible Study, worship and other components of our ministry we communicate that fellowship and
fun can only happen outside the church or outside the Christian context. This is a dangerous thing to
communicate. Our students seek and need opportunities to fellowship and to "develop their relationships
with other believers." As we minister with and alongside our students we pray that development with
happen formally and informally, both inside and outside our ministry walls.

Work Goals Faith Goals

I Provide a diversity of fellowship activities Pray that God would develop a fellowship that would
through GAG Nite and SNAC's on Sunday lead to eventual ministry opportunities.
evenings.

2 To identify church members from various

generations that havs no youth ministry
connections to host fellowship events.

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fellowship to ow students at least twice during
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There are few topics in the Christian world, as well as in our church, that evoke strong and
emotional responses than worship. We seek not to divide our students in the useless rhetoric often
referred to as "the worship wars." Instead, we seek to educate our students in the many different forms
of worship. It is our desire that students graduate with an open-minded and educated view of various
styles of worship. Many youth ministries take the easy road and adopt one worship style and attempt to
deify that style as "the way to worship." This creates students who have very narrow views of God and
worship. Students should graduate from high school and Faith Print with an appreciation and
understanding of all the styles of worship that exist in the very broad worship vocabulary of
contemporary Baptist churches.

It is for this very reason that we have begun Soul Feast. Our purpose in beginning Soul Feast
was to provide a genuine opportunity for students to connect with God. Outside of that primary purpose,
we desire to use Soul Feast as a "learning lab" for students. Often church is not a safe place to
experiment with worship. Soul Feast seeks to provide students a place to experiment, experience and
integrate worship into their lifestyle. Soul Feast does not seek to affirm any one style or tradition. Many
will find Soul Feast to be confusing when trying to "pigeon-hole" its style. Allow me to define it for you
in very confusing , yet realistic terms. Soul Feast provides students a worship experience that seeks to be
personal and at the same time corporate; seeks to loosely follow a reformed order of worship while
offering flexibility in sfyle and worship elements; seeks to follow a formal liturgy while reinterpreting the
liturgy of the larger Christian church in a form that breathes life and meaning into liturgy that has
informed "the saints" for many centuries; seeks to try new forms of worship while never abandoning the
traditions of Christian worship. I think you get the point!

It must be noted that we do not limit our definition of worship to corporate worship. Many
people in the church fail to see worship as something that happens primarily outside the church instead
of inside. What students experience on Sunday and Wednesdays is simply a rehearsal of how they will
worship throughout the week. If what we offer sfudents as "worship" has no connection to their daily
lives we have given them a sick and dangerous faith from which to live. We must empower them to
experience God daily in worship.
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I Introduce sfudents toTaize worship in the Secure an adequate video projector for Soul Feasl
2005-2006 school vear.

2 Identify worship element within the Trinity

a Develop video production team of adults and youth
worship service in which students may weekly
lead.

J Continue to identify a "Youth Council Secure state-of-the-art lighting and staging for Soul
Member of the Week" to assist in worship Feast

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a. Dialogue with students to encourage regular Long-term goal to secure a permanent location for youth
attendance at Trinity Worship Services worship that is not shared with other groups.

5 Develop a worship team for Soul Feast that Identiff youth groups from other faith haditions to
would set-up, conduct, run technical establish a "worship exchange program"
equipment, break down equipment and clean-
up Soul Feast

6 Identifu and secure a musician to serve as a Rise up a youth musical worship team
musical worship leader for Soul Feast

7 Establish a committed and trained volunteer

staff to assist in Soul Feast

8 To systematically teach sound worship

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We must disciple! So often the church has introduced people to faith and then left them to
struggle to understand faith, Scripture and Christian living in whatever way they are able. Faith Print
takes discipleship very seriously. There are mdny who are willing to instruct our students on the Bible
and faith. We seek to instruct our own students in what we believe is sound theology, doctrine and
Biblical hermeneutics. It is not enough for students to only be able to articulate what they have been
taught. It is imperative that students learn to read, interpret and understand the Bible and the Christian
life for themselves. This hallmark "Baptist Principle" of Priesthood of the Believer is at the core of the
type of disciple that we are trying to produce. We seek to produce students who understand and are able
to live out and articulate the "whole gospel" to the whole world.
The Journey and Sunday School are the primary programmatic vehicles we have designed for
this purpose. We believe that the Bible is inspired, authoritative and the means by which God speaks to
us and prepares us as disciples. For this reason we want to equip students to study scripture responsibly
with a sound theological base. Ideally we aim to always empower students to interpret and apply
scripture to their lives.
In addition to Bible study, there are many qualities we seek to implant into our students. These
are listed and described in Appendix A- "Description of a Discipled Person." Whatever we might be
doing to disciple students, we will always seek to have our students reflect the characteristics described
in the DDP.

Work Goals Faith Goals

Teach students at least two new Bible study Develop a youth small group ministry
methods during the 2005-2006 year.

2 Provide a student-friendly Bible reading plan
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younger students within the context of currenl
programming this year.
Develop an intensive "Ministry Training" program for
ministry level students
Provide students to teach the Bible to the coneresation
on a regular basis

A
I Regularly introduce Baptist Principles, polity Write and produce a Faith Print Studv Bible
and Baptist History into Bible study.

5 Introduce new spiritual practices at least To develop students that have the abilify to think
quarterly to the entire youth ministry. theologically about faith and life
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Baptist churches have a rich heritage when it comes to missions. Faith Print seeks to educate
students about that history as well as to empower them to participate and become a part of what God is
doing globally. The Great Commission has been the scripture from which Christians have been
empowered and found their passion for reaching out to others for centuries.
Faith Print seeks to communicate a holistic approach to missions. For some there is no need to
address a mission field outside the immediate grounds of the church. For others it is only "missions" if it
is global. Others are only willing to define "missions" as it relates to certain programs, mission boards or
approaches. We reject all of those ideas. Missions, as defined by our youth ministry, is simply "getting
involved in what God is doing in the lives of other people." This might involve a local project, but very
well may include a project far from our home. Both are valid and important as long as God is welcoming
us there. Missions might include evangelism, yet it also might be quietly serving others as a form of
what missiologists refer to as "pre-evangelism." It may even include anonymous service in the name of
Christ. The focus and defining point of missions should be Jesus Christ and HIS work among us.

Work Goals Faith Goals

I
Establish a working Youth Missions Council To provide an international mission experience for our
to discover and plan future missions and students as soon as the Youth Mission Fund is able to
ministry opportunities. underwrite the cost of such trip

2 Partner with the Music Ministry to provide a To explore a Mission Trip to Zambia to serve AIDS
Chapel Choir Mission Tour the summer of orphans through 1 Life Revolution
2006 for Chapel Choir Members.

3 Establish a Youth Missions Fund to To integrate student missions into the church wide
financially support youth missions projects missions program and philosophy.

A
To have the Youth Committee draw up firm Pray that God would raise up at least one student who
policies on the use of the Youth Missions would commit their life to world missions.
Fund by the Youth Ministry and individual
youth

5 To fully partner with I Life Revolution and a Secure funding for the Youth Mission Fund to resume
local mission organization for the 2005-2006 missions programming
school year to provide missions emphasis for
ow students.

6 Pray that God would raise up two students to participate

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Many youth ministries fail because they expect the Youth Minster to be everything to all
students. Even small churches should not expect one individual to provide for the spiritual needs of all
their teenagers. To quote an often used phrase, "It takes a village!" Effective youth ministry should
never be about the youth minister. A ministry that is focused on an individual is doomed to eventual
failure. The early years of youth ministry give us many examples of individuals and churches that
attempted to use a;'Pi"d Pip.t" approach to youth ministry. Using this model, a charismatic leader that
the "kids love" is brought in who is expected to rally the students around himself or herself and "lead the
students." While it is possible this approach was marginally successful in the 1950's and 60's, this
approach in no longer valid nor effective long-term.
No one is equipped to reach every student that walks into our doors. As we develop laity to work
alongside the youth minister we will see our effectiveness diversified. Who reaches a student in our
youth ministry is unimportant. The fact that a student is reached is what we find to be important. A
successful youth ministry must include volunteer staff from different backgrounds, different socio-
economic levels, different generations and as many other demographic background groups as possible.
To only utilize one group (often parents) is to deny the rich diversity which God gives us in the Body of
Christ. To only use people that fit one profile is also to shut us off from reaching many students.
As God raises up volunteers we should be equipping them to reach other students. The more
faithful and committed volunteers are to the youth ministry, the more successful our ministry will be.

Work Goals Faith Goals

Establish regularly scheduled volunteer Establish a fully staffed (1:5) volunteer team for both
meetings The Journey and Soul Feast.

a
L Expose the congregation of Trinity Baptist Secure fundine for volunteer training
Church to the needs and opporhrnities of our
youth ministry

J Establish a fully staffed (l:5) volunteer team To offer a mentoring relationship to every student
for both The Journey and Soul Feast. involved in our ministry with a volunteer staff person

4 To offer an internship position to a local college student

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The National Study of Youth and Religion at the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill
recently finished their work. It has been described as the most comprehensive study of teenagers and
religion ever done in the United States. One of their findings is challenging many assumptions about
youth ministry and the church. They found that parents are still the primary influence on teenagers when
it comes to their faith. Friends, the church and youth ministries are a distant second when compared to
parents. It only makes sense to minister to those who have the most influence on our students. To teach
and train at church without attempting to spiritually form and nurture parents is to set us up for long-term
failure. We must invest in our parents of teenagers and families that have teenagers.

Faith Print is seeking to intentionally offer programming to parents as well as youth. Research
confirms that parents and family systems that are being spiritually formed and have healthy systems have
the best chance for producing healthy and spiritually formed children.

Work Goals Faith Goals

I Offer a spiritual retreat for youth and parents Secure funding for parent retreats

a
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J Develop a Parent Ministry Council to advise Offer community wide "Understanding Youth Culture"
the development of future parent ministry seminar
events

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family

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Often we talk about discipling students and adults in the church. Yet, we go about that task with
no real understanding of what we are trying to achieve. During a youth ministry haining event several
years I was asked by the trainer to describe what I thought a discipled person might look like. After
stumbling around for a few minutes Irealized I had been trying to get people to a place to which I could
not describe. What you will find below is my attempt to describe what I now understand a discipled
person to be. You will immediately notice that most of these qualities are more about "who" a person is.
Few have anything to do with "what" a person does. This reflects my belief that our faith ultimately has
much more to do with "who" we are than "what" we do. It is when we reflect Christ is the smallest and
mundane parts of our life that we really begin to understand what an intimate relationship with Christ is.

You will find the characteristic listed in opposition to the opposing characteristic. This is done
to help us better get a grasp on what it is we are trying to achieve. Sometimes to understand what we are
not trying to do better defines for some what we arc trying to do. I wish I could profess that everything
below is original. It isn't. I am indebted to Sonlife Ministries for setting me on this course of study back
in the 1990's. How this material is arranged and presented is based largely on a resource published by
Christ in Youth titled- The Disciple's Journal. For the first time I saw this idea presented in a way
people could really understand when I saw this resource. I have copied their format somewhat and
allowed their description to inform me and I further refined my ideas. Some of what I have presented
here must be credited to them while other parts are my own thoughts.

- Dale Tadlock

Principle Description Biblical Basis

Alertness vs. Unawareness A disciple is aware of what is going on Mark 14:38

around them. This person does not see
themselves as the center of the
universe, but a small part of God's
larger plan.

Attentiveness vs. Unconcern A disciple seeks to give dignity to Hebrews 2: I

others by giving their full and
undivided attention.

Availability vs, Self-Centeredness A disciple chooses to make their life Philippians 2:20-21
goals secondary to what God desires.
 Boldness vs. Fearfulness A disciple follows boldly knowing that Acts 4;29
everything they say or do is empowered
by the Holy Spirit.

Cautiousness vs. Rashness A disciple moves in God's timing so Proverbs 19:2

that all they achieve is with maximum
success.

Compassion vs. Indifference A disciple bears others burdens. I John 3:17

Contentment vs. Covetousness A disciple is content knowing that God I Timothv 6:8
has and will provide all that they need.

Creativity vs. Under Achievement A disciple sees everything as an Romans l2:2

opportunity for growth.

Decisiveness vs. Double Mindedness A disciple is able to make tough James l:5
decisions based on God's Word, God's
will and the example of Jesus.

Deference vs. Rudeness A disciple respects and honors others to Romans 14:21
the degree that personal fieedom is
limited.

Dependability vs. Inconsistency A disciple honors commitments and Psalm l5:4

their word even when it is costly to do
so.

Determination vs. Faint Heartedness Regardless ofopposition, a disciple set 2 Timothy 4:7-8
his or her sights on the accomplishing
God's desires in His timing.

Diligence vs. Slothfulness A disciple sees each task before them Colossians 3:23
as given by Jesus, deserving our best
energy, strength and effort to
accomplish it.

Discernment vs. Judgement A disciple leams to think God's I Samuel 16:7

thoughts.

Discretion vs. Carelessness A disciple makes choices each day that Proverbs 22:3
brine honor to God.

Enthusiasm vs. Apathy A disciple possesses an outward I Thessalonians 5: 16,19

expression ofjoy based on the inner
peace of God.

Faith vs. Presumption A disciple is convicted that God will do Hebrews 11:l
what He has promised.

Flexibility vs. Resistance A disciple sets his or her agenda each Colossians 3:2
day on what God desires, not on what
he or she wants.

Forgiveness vs. Rejection A disciple permanently erases offenses Ephesians 4:32

asainst themselves.

Generosity vs. Stinginess A disciple gives freely, knowing that 2 Corinthians 9:6
everything he or she has belongs to
God.

Gentleness vs. Harshness A disciple cherishes and loves others. I Thessalonians 2:7
 Gratefulness vs. UnthanKulness A disciple expresses to God and others I Corinthians 4:7
that everything they have is a gift, not
an entitlement or reward for sood
works.

Hospitality vs. Loneliness A disciple joyfully opens their home Hebrews l3:2
and shares their life with others.

Humility vs. Pride A disciple knows that my James 4:6

accomplishments have come through
God and others.

Initiative vs. Unresponsiveness A disciple sees what is needed and does Romans l2:21
it before beir.rg asked.

Justice vs. Fairness A disciple adopts a lifestyle of mercy, Micah 6:8

justice, humility an faithfulness as a
core value in their own lives and in
their dealings with everyone they meet.

Lovaltv vs. Unfaithfulness A disciple gives up the comforts, joys, John l5:13
and desires of their own life in
exchange for others.

Love vs. Selfishness A disciple gives to others knowing that I Corinthians l3:3
they will not be repaid or profit in this
wofld in any way.

Meekness vs. Anger A disciple realizes that their life is not Psalm 62:5
their own.

Obedience vs. Willingness A disciple is committed to doing and 2 Corinthians 10:5

not just talking.

Orderliness vs. Disorsanization A disciple maintains everything around I Corinthians 14:40

them in preparation for Cod's
immediate use whenever He desires.

Patience vs. Restlessness A disciple goes through hardships Romans 5:3-4

knowing that God is bringing about His
promise in themselves.

Persuasiveness vs. Contentiousness A disciple is always ready to share his 2Timothy 2:24
or her faith, but always with kindness
and gentleness.

Punctuality vs. Tardiness A disciple honors others and shows Ecclesiastes 3: I

love by being on time as promised.

Responsibility vs. Unreliability A disciple does what God and others Romans 14:12
expects of them.

Security vs. Anxiety A disciple keeps his or her sights Iohn6:27

focused on eternal values and not the
temooral.

Self-Control vs. Self-Induleence A disciple seeks to follow the Galatians 5:24-25

prompting of the Holy Spirit, not his or
her every whim.
 Sensitivity vs. Callousness A disciple allows God's Spirit to show Romans 12:15
him or her how to respond to the
feelings and needs ofthose around
them.

Sincerity vs. Hypocrisy A disciple loves others without having l Peter l:22
a hidden agenda.

Thoroughness vs. Incompleteness A disciple pays attention to the details Proverbs l8:15
knowing that they will not recerve more
until they are responsible with the little.

Tolerance vs. Preiudice A disciple seeks to maintain unity with Philippians 2:2
others in their thoughts, attitudes, love,
spirit and purpose.

Truthfulness vs. Deception A disciple speaks truthfully, never Ephesians 4:25

seeking to deceive or manipulate.

Wisdom vs. Natural Inclinations A disciple views everything ffom Proverbs 9: 1 0

God's global perspective.