Supervisor Information

There's a quiet crisis running through most ministries right now. Churches, camps, and community organizations alike are finding that the pipeline of people willing and equipped to lead the next generation is falling short of the need. We could offer plenty of theories about why that's true, but the more urgent conversation is: how do we move forward?

Ask almost anyone now leading in vocational ministry, and there's a good chance a youth leader is somewhere in that story. Someone who saw potential in them before they saw it in themselves. When you invest in the person leading your youth ministry, you're not just supporting a program. You're strengthening a link in a much longer chain of leadership that could produce the next generation of leaders for your ministry, and maybe even far beyond it. We think this is a critical piece to addressing the pipeline challenge.

Because a leader who has been formed spiritually, relationally, and theologically becomes someone capable of forming others: raising up volunteers, mentoring young people who go on to lead, and building tools, like ministry handbooks and leadership philosophies, that outlast any one person's tenure.

The path forward has its own challenges and each question below is a valid one, rooted in wanting the best for your ministry while weighing real budget and staffing constraints. At the Coalition, we want to walk through that challenge with you. If you run into a question we haven't addressed here, it doesn't mean there's no solution, or that we haven't asked it ourselves. Let's explore it together.