What Girls' Ministry is NOT, Part 3

In previous blogs, I talked about what girls' ministry is not. It is NOT a stand-alone ministry. And it is NOT just ministry to teen girls.

Here's another thing to think about: Girls' ministry is NOT just a large church thing.

Sure, churches with bigger budgets and a larger pool of volunteers may have some advantages over small churches, but that does NOT mean that smaller churches are unable or even exempt from doing girls' ministry. In fact, in our country, the majority of churches have less than 200 members. Large church ministry is the exception, not the norm.

In today's "super-size-me" culture, it's easy to slip into the mindset that real ministry takes place with larger churches and larger groups. After all, that's the real measure of success isn't it? At least that's what it looks like on the surface.

But the truth is this: if you have at least one girl in your group, you have the potential for girls' ministry.

If you have a sleep-over with three sixth-grade girls, you have the chance to impact lives.Every time you encourage a girl in your church to serve—whether in Vacation Bible School or on her campus—you are building the next generation of leaders. Any time you meet with a girl to help her learn how to study God's Word for yourself, you are destroying the stereotype that today's teens are biblically illiterate.

Forget the mindset that it takes a big budget and lots of volunteers to pull of a great girls' ministry. What it really takes is one woman with a passion for girls and one girl with a willingnes to learn. Think about the potential of just one girl in today's generation who has a heart for God and a vision for reaching her peers.

That thought alone is motivation enough to do girls' ministry, no matter how many girls you have in your church.