Date

4-29-2026

Department

Rawlings School of Divinity

Degree

Doctor of Ministry (DMin)

Chair

Andrea Burson

Keywords

Adaptability, Cohort, Discipleship, Leadership, Mentorship, Spiritual Formation, Young Adults

Disciplines

Christianity | Practical Theology

Abstract

This guide was designed to address a lack of young adult ministry leaders within the researcher’s local church. This thesis project serves as a witness to the development and implementation of an adaptable discipleship training guide. The project proclaims that a flexible discipleship curriculum is the key to cultivating spiritual formation in young adults, specifically those belonging to the Z generation. The primary strategy behind implementation was to use short term intervention through a period of five consecutive weeks to assess spiritual growth of young adult congregants who attend a hybrid satellite church campus. The research project was catalyzed by a lack of uniformity in young adult development offerings. Each satellite campus conducts their own young adult development differently and most lack manpower and resources to implement young adult offerings of similar caliber to what is present at the main campus. This project leaned heavily upon qualitative methodology for its infrastructure and data collection. The researcher utilized tools such as participant group discussion, weekly content, surveys, interviews, and hands-on experiences to cultivate and observe personal impact on each individual participant. Content on topics such as spiritual foundations, servant leadership, vision in ministry, and being highly relational all attributed to the curriculum the young adults were able to participate in. All of which are concepts taught at the main campus’ young adult ministry. The researcher believes that young adults are the key to the church’s longevity and should be properly discipled so they themselves can participate and fulfill the great commission.

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