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MINISTRY ASSESSMENT

This tool evaluates your ministry across the five areas, providing a score and insights to identify strengths and growth opportunities.

You will get the most value from this assessment when you answer the questions with brutal honesty.

Once submitted, you will receive your results via email within 15 minutes.

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In the last six months, you have had a conversation with another leader/volunteer about helping teens embrace their identity in Christ.

Yes

In the last year, you made a change or addition to your ministry based on a teen’s input.

Yes

Your ministry has clear, posted group rules that promote respect and safety for all participants.

Yes

In the last year, someone in your ministry has had to take action to address something a teen shared (e.g., refer to therapist, mandated report, talk to parents).

Yes

The ministry regularly invites feedback from teens about their experiences and uses it to improve.

Yes

Your ministry has a system or process that connects teens to adults for mentorship.

Yes

In the last three months, at least half of the teaching in your ministry included themes of identity in Christ.

Yes

You have talked with your church leadership about gracefully navigating complicated family circumstances that come to the surface.

Yes

Teens are involved in crafting group rules to ensure shared ownership of the community’s culture.

Yes

You have trained and coached teens and volunteers on how to respond with grace when someone shares something messy or shocking.

Yes

Leaders show grace, even when addressing rule infractions or challenges.

Never

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Leaders intentionally involve influential teens to help shape a positive group culture.

Never

Rarely

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Leaders spend as much time building authentic relationships with teens as they do planning and executing programs.

Never

Rarely

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Teens have opportunities to contribute to ministry decisions, including planning events or setting group expectations.

Never

Rarely

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Teens with mental health challenges are included in all activities and leadership roles.

Never

Rarely

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Rules and consequences are communicated and reinforced in a way that feels collaborative.

Never

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You hear about the messy parts of a teens’ life directly from them (and not only “through the grapevine.”)

Never

Rarely

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You have enough staff and volunteers onsite to give individual teens attention if they’re having a crisis.

Never

Rarely

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Leaders and volunteers model behavior that aligns with the values and rules of the group.

Never

Rarely

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You talk about teens' intrinsic value so much that they might get tired of hearing about it.

Very Unlikely

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If you asked a random teen in your youth group what God wants most from them, their response would likely include things like a relationship, their heart, or their love.

Very Unlikely

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Leaders know and respect the boundaries of their mentoring role and avoid acting as therapists.

Very Unlikely

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Teens understand the consequences of breaking group rules and view them as fair and consistent.

Very Unlikely

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Your leaders are able to recognize signs of mental health struggles and respond with empathy.

Very Unlikely

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Leaders know when it's appropriate to refer teens to professional mental health resources.

Very Unlikely

Unlikely

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