2020 has brought many longstanding and beloved elements of daily ministry to a grinding halt. It’s been a year filled with maybe, maybe not, who knows, we’ll see, hard to tell, no decision yet, change of plans, probably not, definitely not and … well, you get it.
We could probably all compile a lengthy list of “Why 2020 Was Not My Favorite Year.”
We might even be tempted to say that 2020 has been our worst year ever. Except for this: Jesus still reigns. The gospel is still true. And we still have work to do.
One bright spot of 2020 has been the growth of YL’s digital discipleship resources on our Bible Project partner site, Instagram, and the Bible App. During the early days of Covid quarantine, thousands of people joined “3-in-1," our 30-day dive into basic trinitarian truth on both the Bible Project and Instagram. Our Bible App reading plans now have over half-a-million subscribes, and over 300,000 completions.
We still believe face-to-face, in-person, real-time relationship is the sweetest context for ministry and discipleship. But we also believe that technology provides amazing opportunities to connect with kids even when we are separated, whether by quarantine rules or global miles.
We want to continue growing our digital discipleship library, and we want you to help. Would you consider digging through the stack of resources you’ve created during these past months (and years) and sharing them with the larger mission? It would be a gift of eternal and global proportions. Perhaps you are fluent in more than one language and would be willing to translate our current resources.
The links below provide basic writing guidelines for all three of our digital resources. Please read them carefully and then consider joining our efforts to help resource and equip our staff and leaders with solid and engaging truth about Jesus Christ — our Lord and Savior, the King of Kings, the beginning and the end, the first and the last, the incarnate God, the long-awaited Messiah, the Savior of the world, the creator-redeemer-rescuer, the One in whom we live and breathe and have our being. Amen.
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