On May 18, 2013, I graduated from Lincoln Christian Seminary (at Lincoln Christian University) with my Master of Arts degree in General Ministry with a focus in Youth Ministry and Counseling. In order to complete my degree, I was tasked with writing a thesis. Below is the main idea and a list of the sources used in my research. If you would like to learn more about it, please feel free to reach out using the form at the bottom of this page.

The Main Idea:

The main idea behind my M.A. thesis is mentoring — specifically adult-to-teen mentoring. My goal was to prove its importance (necessity?) in a church’s ministry to teens. I looked into how the church ministers to teens, with the underlining idea that we should make mentoring the groundwork of the ministry. I talked with organizations like “Big Brothers Big Sisters” and “The Mentoring Project,” as they are two of the top mentoring organizations in the country. In the end, I learned a great deal about mentoring from the Bible, secular culture, and church practices. I also formed a solid groundwork for mentoring within the modern church. In fact, my original beliefs were changed a bit, as I learned that while mentoring is incredibly important, experts say an official mentoring ministry is suggested to run alongside other efforts to minister to teens. Nonetheless, I also learned that the concepts of mentoring are the best way to disciple teenagers. Below is the full list of resources I used for my research.

Research Bibliography:

Go back

Your message has been sent