I was fascinated during class as we talked about the strategies represented in the logo above. Blue is Campus Missionaries, Green is Campus Clubs, Red is the Seven Project, and Yellow is the Prayer Zone...
Lee asked us if the Seven Project was more evangelistic or discipleship focused. A few of us gave answers, generally coming to the idea that it's an evangelistic ministry that lays a foundation for discipleship. That was mostly right. Lee pointed our to us that it is actually mainly a discipleship ministry that gives way to evangelism. The Campus missionaries are challenged to intentionally live their faith with this motto: pray, live, serve, tell, give. As they commit to doing those things, practice living them out, and start reaching people... they become a disciple of Christ. Youth Alive also has an online accountability program that helps students track their progress and rate themselves on how they're doing. It is "marketed"as evangelism, but it really serves both purposes. I love that!
The cycle represented on the logo is such a great picture of what this ministry does. First Campus Missionaries are raised up, they start or join with Campus Clubs, Campus Clubs, students, or even faculty and youth pastors can work together to bring in the seven project, which presents the gospel on a larger scale and raises up more people committed to following Christ. It is so life giving and really requires students to step up and reach their school.
My favorite thing about the seven project is just that. They don't make it about adults reaching students. It's all about students reaching their friends and classmates for Christ. They aren't just passing off the job to someone else, the student gets to experience leading a friend to Christ and helping them follow him. Often, Lee shared, families and friends way beyond the initial outreach are reached for Christ, too. They're not just reaching students... but families and schools through the students.
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