Lutheran Life 7
Congregations help each young person . . .
Develop a Resilient Identity in Christ
Deeply Understand their Baptismal Faith
• Youth live as forgiven sinners with the promise of
eternal life through Jesus' death and resurrection.
• Youth recognize the work of the Holy Spirit, who
brought them to faith, gathers them into God's
family, and works through them.
• Youth regularly worship, study the living and active
Word of God, pray together, and receive the Lord's
Supper.
• Youth are provided with deliberate, age-specific
opportunities to move toward key outcomes for
young Lutheran Christians (examples are outlined
in Youth Ministry Teaching End Goals).
Live Out Their Unique Vocation
• Youth understand their role as Christ's hands and feet in their
church, home, community, and other areas of vocation.
• Youth reach out to their neighbor in word and deed to love and
share the Good News of Jesus.
• Youth serve and lead in their congregation and community.
• Youth seek to be warm, challenging, and grace-filled to their
community and peers.
• Youth are encouraged to pursue church work vocations as fits
their gifts and skills.
• Resilient youth identify with the life and mission of
the Christian church and seek to serve others.
• Resilient youth remain humbly confident in their
faith in the face of crisis and transition.
• Resilient youth can build relationships with those
different than themselves and navigate disagree-
ments in a humble, loving way.
• Resilient youth are lifelong learners who face doubt
and challenge by turning to God's Word.
Lutheran Life 7
