The Seven Checkpoints for Youth Leaders
by Andy Stanley, Stuart Hall
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Author: Andy Stanley, Stuart HallEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-05-01
ISBN: 1582291772
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Howard Books
Book Reviews of The Seven Checkpoints for Youth Leaders
Book Review: A Helpful Resource - Content over Gimmicks!
Summary: 4 Stars
The Seven Checkpoints is written primarily for youth leaders and outlines a strategy for effectively teaching students over the course of their time in school. Stanley and Hall identify seven "checkpoints" that are the most important and critical issues facing teens:
Authentic Faith
Spiritual Disciplines
Moral Boundaries (this section deals primarily with issues of sexual purity and dating)
Healthy Friendships
Wise Choices
Ultimate Authority
Others First
These seven categories are obviously pretty broad, but they do cover a lot of ground, and are all certainly critical and relevant issues for teens. (The trick, of course, is that these are also critical and relevant issues for youth leaders, and everybody else for that matter...). The book is an easy/quick read and full of practical advice and anecdotes that will be useful for those working with students.
I don't know that I'm totally 100% on board with the Seven Checkpoints methodology though. Hall and Stanley recommend orienting basically all of one's teaching and content around one of these seven principles, and planning a calendar around them accordingly. My only hesitation here is that it does not leave as much room for studies through particular books of the Bible or character studies. I think these kinds of studies are important because they will provide a better foundation in terms of doctrine and will also hopefully model for the students how they can get into Scripture themselves. But the model presented is certainly better than not having a plan or direction; one could do much much worse.
That being said, the Seven Checkpoints is definitely worth reading and learning from. The seven areas they outline certainly need to be emphasized often. It's refreshing to see a book on youth ministry that is more concerned with content than events and gimmicks. I think it's a great book to hand youth workers.
Summary of The Seven Checkpoints for Youth Leaders
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 this: 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.
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