GO the EXTRA MILE With Them, It’ll Make Them Smile.

When I started in student ministry, I learned quickly that being in their world payed dividends. The church is a great place, but most active students spend around 50 hours each week at school in class, in sports practices, and at games.

There are hundreds of students at school. The local school is the best fishing spot for a fisher of men. I keep wondering why the church isn’t sending members who love teenagers to sit in the stands at soccer games, band concerts, and cheerleading competition.

I started working with youth when I was at college. When I wasn’t in class, I was out at the games to support the students of our church at their baseball and soccer games. Now, as the leader of an independent discipleship ministry with students called Bigtime Ministries I continue to make that kind of ministry our passion. At the core of our beliefs is that student ministry primarily happens when ministers spend time where youth are . . . and that is most often on a school campus. Being there when students show up at church is important, but going the extra mile means showing up at their schools.

Zach Skipper has spent over 12 years working with students. He has served as a youth minister, speaker, and bible study teacher. He is currently leading Bigtime Ministries while part-time coaching at one of the country’s leading Junior Highs in Birmingham, AL. To find out more about Zach’s ministry, contact him at www.bigtimeministries.com.