The Seven Checkpoints for Student Leaders: Seven Principles Every Teenager Needs to Know

Brief Description: "The Seven Checkpoints for Student Leaders" is more than a book; it is a ministry plan. It goes far beyond the "how to" of youth ministry and provides youth ministers, youth workers, and parents with the content that students need to equip them for life beyond youth group. Table of Contents: Foreword / Louie Giglio -- Preface -- The Seven Irreducible Minimums of Student Ministry -- Seven Principles Every Teenager Needs to Know -- Checkpoint #1. Authentic Faith -- God Can Be Trusted -- Checkpoint #2. Spiritual Disciplines -- If I Can See as God Sees, I Will Do as God Says -- Checkpoint #3. Moral Boundaries -- Paving the Way for Intimacy -- Checkpoint #4. Meaningful Friendships -- Determining the Quality and Direction of Our Lives -- Checkpoint #5. Wise Choices -- Walking Wisely in a Fool's World -- Checkpoint #6. Ultimate Authority -- Maximum Freedom, Ultimate Authority -- Checkpoint #7. Others First -- Considering Others Before Yourself -- The Seven Checkpoints Strategy -- Investing for the Future -- Appendix 1 Appendix 2. Acknowledgments. Publisher Marketing: The Seven Checkpoints for Student Leaders is more than a book; it is a ministry plan. It goes far beyond the how to of youth ministry and provides youth ministers, youth workers, and parents with the content that students need to equip them for life beyond youth group.

Contributor Bio:  Stanley, Andy Communicator, author, and pastor, Andy Stanley founded Atlanta-based North Point Ministries in 1995. Today, NPM is comprised of six churches in the Atlanta area, serving more than 36,000 people weekly, as well as a network of 30 churches around the globe. As host of NBC s Your Move with Andy Stanley, reaching over 36 million viewers in less than two years on the air, and author of 20-plus books including Ask It, How to Be Rich, Deep & Wide, Visioneering, and Next Generation Leader, he is considered one of the most influential living pastors in America. Andy Stanley and his wife, Sandra, have three grown children and live near Atlanta. Contributor Bio:  Hall, Stuart Stuart Hall is the founder and director of Dash Student Leadership, Inc., a nonprofit organization whose mission is to raise the standard of influence among America's students by developing students as spiritual leaders. His more than fifteen years of youth ministry experience include leading three highly successful local church youth ministries and working with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He and his wife, Kellee, reside in Cumming, Georgia, with their three children. Contributor Bio:  Giglio, Louie MATT REDMAN is the writer of many songs including "The Heart of Worship," "Better Is One Day," "Let My Words Be Few," and "Blessed Be Your Name." Matt has been leading worship full time since age 20, and this journey has taken him to many countries around the world. As an author, he has written six books revolving around the central theme of worship, including "The Unquenchable Worshipper" and "Facedown". Matt, his wife, Beth, and their five children reside in Brighton, England.