{"id":3240,"date":"2017-08-08T19:50:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T19:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/?p=3240"},"modified":"2017-08-08T19:50:24","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T19:50:24","slug":"state-ministry-student-ministries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/2017\/08\/08\/state-ministry-student-ministries\/","title":{"rendered":"State of the Ministry- Student Ministries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lot has changed since the last General Conference in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In December of 2014, after a long tenure of service to National Student Ministries and the IPHC, Pastor Charles Boyd accepted a position as the Director of Student Ministries at First Pentecostal Holiness Church in Goldsboro, NC, and stepped out of the role of National Director of Student Ministries. In March of 2015, Bishop Tommy McGhee and the Executive Council of Discipleship Ministries initiated a brand new direction in Student Ministries\u2014an experiment that recruited a team of leaders from within the ranks of IPHC student ministries who would take on the responsibilities of a National Director.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That team included<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Josh Lafferty of Quitman, MS, a volunteer youth leader, worship leader, and middle-school history teacher,<\/li>\n<li>Brittany Galavin of Nashville, TN, a youth pastor, evangelist and staff-member at Friendship World Outreach,<\/li>\n<li>Kaleigh Bishop of Oklahoma City, OK, a Creative Specialist on the National Discipleship Ministries team, and<\/li>\n<li>Stephen Jones of Lenoir, NC, a long-term youth pastor at Whitnel PHC and the Team Leader of what came to be known as the Student Ministries Advisory Team (SMAT).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since that experiment began in 2015, God has built incredible bridges\u2014bridges between youth ministry leaders in the local church, in conference leadership, and between leaders in youth ministry from across the nation! His Spirit has brought about unity of purpose, vision, and direction through the vision of connecting and resourcing those leaders. The old temptation to do ministry solely on the island of one\u2019s own ideas and experiences is being overcome by a Holy passion to build networks and teams! StuMin leaders from California to New England to South Florida and all points in-between have discovered common bonds, and shared visions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Beyond just bridges, He has also opened doors to reach weary and broken leaders through those relationships built in spite of geography. Ministry-weary professionals and StuMin volunteers who have been pouring their hearts and souls into this next generation alike are finding encouragement in one another, they\u2019re finding strength in numbers, and they\u2019re finding relationship within the grander narrative of <em>HIS<\/em>tory. He has inspired resources to be developed and distributed to people on the front-lines of ministry. Knowledge is given, experiences are shared, stories of life transformation are being told in relationships that might never have otherwise developed apart from His hand.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He has shown us new tools to operate in our current culture through extensive training and practical experience in the trenches of youth ministry. The passion to create teams and built networks has allowed wisdom to prevail where ignorance might have overcome\u2014congregations and youth ministry leaders are choosing to be a part of a larger movement instead of choosing to walk alone. In that wisdom, His Spirit has turned hearts and changed minds about how we view one another in ministry&#8211;that ministry leaders remember their roles as servants first, and that the local church is the place where ministry begins and ends.<br \/>\nMost significantly, He has visited His people. In crowds of thousands of teenagers at Accelerant and YouthQuest, He has miraculously healed students of physical problems! Throughout conference youth camps all over the nation, He has purposefully called teenagers into the work of the Kingdom\u2014our next generation of ministers! Through TalentQuest and YouthQuest, God has equipped young people with extraordinary gifts to reach the lost. Through BibleQuest, He has inspired the next generation through the study of His Word.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now to Him who is\u00a0able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think,\u00a0according to the power that works within us,\u00a0<strong><sup>21 <\/sup><\/strong>to Him\u00a0<em>be<\/em>\u00a0the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations\u00a0forever and ever. Amen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3074 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/05\/Stephen-hexagon-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/05\/Stephen-hexagon-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/05\/Stephen-hexagon-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/05\/Stephen-hexagon.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>Rev. Stephen Jones currently serves as the Pastor of Student Ministries at Whitnel Pentecostal Holiness Church in Lenoir, NC. In 2002, Stephen earned a Bachelor\u2019s of Arts degree in Christian Ministries from Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, GA. In 2008, he completed a Master\u2019s of Divinity degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Charlotte, NC. Since 2002, Stephen\u2019s full-time ministry to teenagers has spanned two IPHC Conferences, three IPHC churches, and numerous IPHC summer camps. Stephen currently occupies the Leadership and Skill Development Portfolio under the Student Ministries Advisory Team.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[636,690,292],"class_list":{"0":"post-3240","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-youth-quest","8":"tag-general-conference","9":"tag-state-of-the-ministry","10":"tag-student-ministries","11":"entry"},"title_es":"Estado del Ministerio - Ministerios de Estudiantes","content_es":"Mucho ha cambiado desde la \u00faltima Conferencia General en 2013. En diciembre de 2014, despu\u00e9s de un largo per\u00edodo de servicio a los Ministerios Estudiantiles Nacionales y al IPHC, el Pastor Charles Boyd acept\u00f3 un puesto como Director de Ministerios Estudiantiles en la Primera Iglesia Pentecostal de Santidad en Goldsboro , NC, y sali\u00f3 de la funci\u00f3n de Director Nacional de Ministerios de Estudiantes. En marzo de 2015, el Obispo Tommy McGhee y el Consejo Ejecutivo de Ministerios de Discipulado iniciaron una nueva direcci\u00f3n en los Ministerios de Estudiantes, un experimento que reclut\u00f3 a un equipo de l\u00edderes de los ministerios de estudiantes de IPHC que asumir\u00edan las responsabilidades de un Director Nacional . Ese equipo incluy\u00f3 <ul><li> Josh Lafferty de Quitman, MS, un l\u00edder voluntario de la juventud, l\u00edder de la adoraci\u00f3n, y profesor de la historia de la escuela secundaria, <\/li><li> Brittany Galavin de Nashville, TN, pastor de j\u00f3venes, evangelista y miembro del personal de Friendship World Outreach, <\/li><li> Kaleigh obispo de Oklahoma City, OK, un especialista creativo en el equipo nacional de los ministerios del discipulado, y <\/li><li> Stephen Jones, de Lenoir, Carolina del Norte, un pastor de juventud a largo plazo en Whitnel PHC y el l\u00edder del equipo de lo que lleg\u00f3 a ser conocido como el SMAT (Student Ministries Advisory Team). <\/li><\/ul> Desde que el experimento comenz\u00f3 en 2015, Dios ha construido puentes incre\u00edbles entre los l\u00edderes del ministerio juvenil en la iglesia local, en el liderazgo de la conferencia y entre los l\u00edderes en el ministerio juvenil de toda la naci\u00f3n. Su Esp\u00edritu ha tra\u00eddo la unidad de prop\u00f3sito, visi\u00f3n y direcci\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de la visi\u00f3n de conectar y asignar recursos a esos l\u00edderes. La vieja tentaci\u00f3n de hacer ministerio \u00fanicamente en la isla de sus propias ideas y experiencias est\u00e1 siendo superada por una Santa pasi\u00f3n para construir redes y equipos! Los l\u00edderes de StuMin de California a Nueva Inglaterra al sur de la Florida y todos los puntos intermedios han descubierto v\u00ednculos comunes y visiones compartidas. M\u00e1s all\u00e1 de los puentes, tambi\u00e9n ha abierto puertas para llegar a l\u00edderes cansados \u200b\u200by rotos a trav\u00e9s de esas relaciones construidas a pesar de la geograf\u00eda. Profesionales cansados \u200b\u200bdel ministerio y voluntarios de StuMin que han estado derramando sus corazones y almas en esta pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n por igual est\u00e1n encontrando aliento en uno otro, est\u00e1n encontrando la fuerza en n\u00fameros, y est\u00e1n encontrando la relaci\u00f3n dentro de la narraci\u00f3n m\u00e1s grande de <em>SU<\/em> historia. Ha inspirado recursos para ser desarrollados y distribuidos a las personas en las primeras l\u00edneas del ministerio. El conocimiento se da, las experiencias son compartidas, las historias de transformaci\u00f3n de la vida se est\u00e1n diciendo en relaciones que nunca podr\u00edan haber desarrollado de otro modo aparte de Su mano. \u00c9l nos ha mostrado nuevas herramientas para operar en nuestra cultura actual a trav\u00e9s de una amplia capacitaci\u00f3n y experiencia pr\u00e1ctica en las trincheras del ministerio juvenil. La pasi\u00f3n por crear equipos y construir redes ha permitido que prevalece la sabidur\u00eda donde la ignorancia podr\u00eda haberse superado: las congregaciones y los l\u00edderes del ministerio juvenil est\u00e1n eligiendo ser parte de un movimiento m\u00e1s grande en lugar de elegir caminar solo. En esa sabidur\u00eda, su Esp\u00edritu ha convertido los corazones y cambiado de opini\u00f3n acerca de c\u00f3mo nos vemos unos a otros en el ministerio - que los l\u00edderes del ministerio recuerden primero sus funciones como siervos y que la iglesia local es el lugar donde comienza y termina el ministerio. Lo m\u00e1s significativo es que ha visitado a Su pueblo. En multitudes de miles de adolescentes en Accelerant y YouthQuest, \u00c9l ha sanado milagrosamente a los estudiantes de problemas f\u00edsicos! A lo largo de los campamentos juveniles de conferencias en toda la naci\u00f3n, \u00c9l ha llamado a los adolescentes a la obra del Reino, nuestra pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n de ministros. A trav\u00e9s de TalentQuest y YouthQuest, Dios ha equipado a los j\u00f3venes con regalos extraordinarios para llegar a los perdidos. A trav\u00e9s de BibleQuest, \u00c9l ha inspirado a la pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s del estudio de Su Palabra. A El que puede hacer mucho m\u00e1s abundantemente m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de todo lo que pedimos o pensamos, seg\u00fan el poder que obra dentro de nosotros, <strong><sup>21<\/sup><\/strong> a \u00c9l <em>sea<\/em> la gloria en la iglesia y en Cristo Jes\u00fas por todas las generaciones por los siglos de los siglos. Am\u00e9n. <h5><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-3074 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/05\/Stephen-hexagon-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/> El Rev. Stephen Jones actualmente sirve como Pastor de Ministerios de Estudiantes en Whitnel Pentecostal Holiness Church en Lenoir, Carolina del Norte. En 2002, Stephen obtuvo una Licenciatura en Artes en Ministerios Cristianos de Emmanuel College en Franklin Springs, GA. En 2008, complet\u00f3 un t\u00edtulo de Maestr\u00eda en Divinidad del Seminario Teol\u00f3gico Gordon-Conwell en Charlotte, Carolina del Norte. Desde 2002, el ministerio a tiempo completo de Stephen para adolescentes ha abarcado dos Conferencias de IPHC, tres iglesias de IPHC y numerosos campamentos de verano de IPHC. Stephen actualmente ocupa la Cartera de Desarrollo de Liderazgo y Habilidades bajo el Equipo Asesor de Ministerios Estudiantiles. <\/h5>","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/08\/Student-Ministry-STATE-OF-THE-MIN.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4T9u2-Qg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}