overview
Bold Vision: Impact is driven by the belief that God desires everyone to experience salvation, as stated in 1 Timothy 2:4 and 2 Peter 3:9. Our vision is to ensure every student on every campus is personally invited to discover God.
Simple, Reproducible Tool: Impact uses the Student Discovery Bible Study (DBS) as the main resource to trigger multiplication, making it easy for students to engage and replicate the process with their peers.
Student-Led: Impact follows a student-to-student model, meaning adult leaders are not required on campus for the movement to occur. However, adult leaders provide crucial off-campus training and coaching, detailed below.
Obedience-Based Disciple Making: Impact prioritizes action and application. Each phase includes specific action steps essential to the training.
Multiplication Mindset: From the outset, the goal is to start first-generation groups that multiply into second, third, and fourth generations.
Small Group Focus: Instead of growing by gathering more people into one large group, this strategy aims to grow through an increasing number of small groups.
Twofold Strategy: Impact comprises two main elements—campus engagement and the weekly gathering. Campus engagement involves praying on Mondays, engaging students on Tuesdays, discipling students Wednesday through Friday, and receiving coaching at the weekly youth group gathering.
Simple, Reproducible Tool: Impact uses the Student Discovery Bible Study (DBS) as the main resource to trigger multiplication, making it easy for students to engage and replicate the process with their peers.
Student-Led: Impact follows a student-to-student model, meaning adult leaders are not required on campus for the movement to occur. However, adult leaders provide crucial off-campus training and coaching, detailed below.
Obedience-Based Disciple Making: Impact prioritizes action and application. Each phase includes specific action steps essential to the training.
Multiplication Mindset: From the outset, the goal is to start first-generation groups that multiply into second, third, and fourth generations.
Small Group Focus: Instead of growing by gathering more people into one large group, this strategy aims to grow through an increasing number of small groups.
Twofold Strategy: Impact comprises two main elements—campus engagement and the weekly gathering. Campus engagement involves praying on Mondays, engaging students on Tuesdays, discipling students Wednesday through Friday, and receiving coaching at the weekly youth group gathering.
leader tips
Getting Ready: Review all the information and tools in the multi-session plan below. Familiarize yourself with these resources, in advance, to ensure an enjoyable and beneficial experience for everyone.
Group Structure: If training an entire group together, break into smaller groups during practice sessions, ideally by school. Small groups of 3-6 are optimal for sharing and reflect the size of on-campus groups. Regather to discuss practice time.
Training Plan: Use the multi-session plan to cover the core tool—Discovery Bible Study (DBS)—and supplementary resources. Show videos during sessions or assign them for home viewing if necessary.
Debriefing: Leave enough time at the end of each meeting to discuss the practice session. This is a great opportunity to share thoughts and address any questions.
Coaching: Integrate ongoing coaching into your weekly meetings: share the vision, highlight God stories, and track mission progress. See Coach below for essential components.
Helpful Resource: Read The Heart Reader of Franklin High for insights and inspiration. Encourage your leaders and students to read it as well and refer to it during discussion time in training.
Following these tips will help your group make a real impact in their disciple-making journey!
Group Structure: If training an entire group together, break into smaller groups during practice sessions, ideally by school. Small groups of 3-6 are optimal for sharing and reflect the size of on-campus groups. Regather to discuss practice time.
Training Plan: Use the multi-session plan to cover the core tool—Discovery Bible Study (DBS)—and supplementary resources. Show videos during sessions or assign them for home viewing if necessary.
Debriefing: Leave enough time at the end of each meeting to discuss the practice session. This is a great opportunity to share thoughts and address any questions.
Coaching: Integrate ongoing coaching into your weekly meetings: share the vision, highlight God stories, and track mission progress. See Coach below for essential components.
Helpful Resource: Read The Heart Reader of Franklin High for insights and inspiration. Encourage your leaders and students to read it as well and refer to it during discussion time in training.
Following these tips will help your group make a real impact in their disciple-making journey!
FIRST STEP: TRAIN
Session 1: Student DBS
- Task: Read Student DBS and review DBS Story Sets. (20 minutes)
- Activity: Practice Student DBS in small groups. Use story #1 in the DBS Story Sets. (50 minutes)
- Debrief: Watch Discovery Bible Study (3:00). Discuss Student DBS (the concept not the content). (20 minutes)
- Action Step: Do your "I will" statements.
Session 2: Student DBS
- Task: Read Facilitator Notes. If necessary review the bold print on Student DBS. (20 minutes)
- Activity: Practice Student DBS in small groups. Follow the principles in Facilitator notes. Especially the "no teaching" rule. Use story #2 from the DBS Story Sets. (50 minutes)
- Debrief: Watch Discovery Bible Study (Beyond) (7:57) Discuss Student DBS. (20 minutes)
- Action Step: Do your "I will" statements.
Session 3: Follow Up Questions
- Task: Read Follow Up Questions. If necessary, read the bold print on Student DBS. (30 minutes)
- Activity: Practice Student DBS in small groups. Develop a few follow up questions as a group. Use story #3 from the DBS Story Sets. (50 minutes)
- Debrief: Watch Discovery Bible Study (8:16). Discuss DBS and Follow Up questions. (20 minutes)
- Action Steps: Do your "I will" and develop a set of follow up questions from a story in the DBS Story Set.
Session 4: FARM Conversation
- Task: Briefly share about your "I will" from the previous DBS and any Follow Up questions you created. Read the Student FARM Conversation. (20 minutes)
- Activity: Practice the FARM conversation in small groups, enjoying the interaction while keeping responses brief to fit within the session. Start with one person asking another a Family question. That person then asks the next person an Academic question. That person then asks another a Recreation question. That person then asks another the first Message question (Their story). That person then asks another the second Message question (Your story: 15 second testimony). That person then asks another the third Message question (God's story). Remember everything should end with an invitation. (50 minutes)
- Debrief: Watch We Are Collision (1:04). Discuss the FARM conversation (the concept not the content). (20 minutes)
- Action Step: Encourage students to have as much of a FARM conversation with someone thing week.
Session 5: One Thing Study.
- Task: Share about any FARM conversations that took place over the past week. Read One Thing Study. (20 minutes)
- Activity: Practice One Thing Study by reading a passage of Scripture aloud before breaking into small groups. Then move into small groups allowing them to read the passage silently. Take a few minutes to identify your "One Thing"—a word, phrase, or sentence that speaks to your heart and that you believe God wants you to respond to. Share your "One Thing" with the group, explaining why it resonated with you. After everyone has shared, pray for each other. One person summarizes their "One Thing" and someone else prays for them. Then, that person summarizes their "One Thing," and another person prays. Repeat until everyone has shared and been prayed for. Read "More Information" on the One Thing Study page if time allows.
- Debrief: Watch The Bible is Alive (2:09) Discuss the One Thing Study.
- Action Points: Continue to have FARM conversations. Do a few One Thing Studies and be ready to share your experiences.
Session 6: Prayer.
- Task: Briefly share about any FARM conversations and One Thing Studies that took place over the past week. Read Student Prayer (20 minutes)
- Activity: Pray in small groups. Direct them to first pray the Open Prayers then pray from a passage of Scripture. You might consider praying from Psalm 107 one section at a time. (50 minutes)
- Debrief: Watch Prayer (9:55)
- Action Points: Pray for God to start a student to student disciple making movement on your campus.
Session 7: Persons of Peace.
- Task: Briefly share about payer time, FARM conversations, One Thing Studies. Read Student Persons of Peace.
- Activity: Practice role playing as a large group by reading the script, including praying. Then break into smaller groups and have two people read the script to others until everyone has read it. Give honest answers. Pursue pain points. Pray for each other.
- Debrief. Watch Persons of Peace (5:40) and discuss Activity.
- Action Points. Try to find a person of peace this week.
NEXT STEP: COACH
Ongoing coaching is essential as it deepens understanding and helps integrate tools into daily life, building on initial training. Coaching should be the centerpiece of the weekly youth group gathering, with testimonies and stories to encourage and inspire. It focuses on three main elements:
Look Back: Review past disciple-making experiences. Ask, "What is going well and what is challenging in your recent disciple-making?" and "What are you learning?"
Look Up: Engage with Scripture by reading a passage and asking, "What does it say about disciple-making?" Share insights from your personal reading or the coaching passages on the DBS Story Sets.. Identify which tools and resources need more attention.
Look Ahead: Declare your next step in the disciple-making journey with an "I will" statement. Make it something achievable within the next 24-48 hours. Conclude with prayer, asking God to bless and enable your efforts.