How We Built a Student-Led Discipleship Program That Actually Works

⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 🔥 Join Our Community 👀 Sample Discussion GuideHow do you build a student-led youth ministry discipleship program that actually works? In this episode of Beyond the Youth Room, we're breaking down how we handed our Sunday night youth ministry program over to high school students, empowering them to lead small groups, facilitate Bible discussions, and disciple one another.We'll walk through exactly why we made this change, how our Sunday night CORE Groups work, and the intentional steps we took to identify, train, and equip student leaders. From Scripture memory and Bible reading to evangelism accountability and student-led discussions, we'll show you what discipleship looks like in our youth ministry each week.We'll also share how we structured our groups, developed discussion guides, and created a system that allows high school students to take ownership of discipleship without depending on the youth pastor to lead everything.If you're a youth pastor looking to develop student leaders, strengthen your youth ministry small groups, or build a discipleship program that equips students to disciple others, this episode will give you a practical model you can adapt to your own ministry.Subscribe to Beyond the Youth Room for more practical youth ministry ideas, discipleship strategies, and resources for youth pastors and student ministry leaders.0:00 Introduction1:46 Our Youth Ministry Structure3:32 Why We Changed Sunday Nights6:38 How Our CORE Groups Work15:02 How We Select and Train Student Leaders16:56 How We Organize Our Groups18:00 What We've Learned