JDFM Forum: Equipping Students For The Work Of The Ministry -- By: Bobby Blakey

Journal: Journal of Discipleship and Family Ministry
Volume: JDFM 03:2 (Spring 2013)
Article: JDFM Forum: Equipping Students For The Work Of The Ministry
Author: Bobby Blakey


JDFM Forum:
Equipping Students For The Work Of The Ministry

Bobby Blakey

With

Derek Brown

Bobby Blakey (B.A., The Master’s College) has been in full time youth ministry for over eleven years and currently serves as high school pastor at Compass Bible Church in Aliso Viejo, CA. He and his wife live in Aliso Viejo with their three children. Bobby loves his family, his church, youth ministry, and a good In-and-Out Burger.

Derek Brown (Ph.D. candidate, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is a small business owner, the managing editor for The Journal of Discipleship and Family Ministry and the web-content editor for FamilyMinistryToday.com. When he is not spending time with his wife and son, Derek can be found cycling or running around Louisville, KY.

Derek Brown: Tell Me Briefly A Little About Yourself, How You Got Into Ministry, And How You Made Your Way To Compass.

Bobby Blakey: I grew up and my dad was a pastor, so I got exposed to the idea of ministry, and I saw it done in a way that was biblical and a good example to me. Through Cliff McManis, my dad’s friend, I had an opportunity to do some high school ministry when I graduated from Master’s College and loved doing it. The Lord then led us to Compass Bible Church which has only been around for seven and a half years now in Orange County, led by Mike Fabarez. Clear biblical preaching and a clear explanation of the gospel is really the theme of the church, and in that environment it is awesome to do youth ministry where you can teach young men and women the Bible and hold them exactly to God’s standard and preach the gospel straight to them. It’s been just a blessing to do youth ministry in that kind of environment and watch the Lord use the gospel of Jesus Christ to save many high school age young people.

Derek: So you told me what characterizes your high school ministry. Can you tell me a little more? You said biblical preaching, focusing on the Bible. What else would you say are a few things that really characterize your high school ministry?

Bobby: Along with biblical teaching, another thing that we’re really trying to do is we’re trying to disciple all of these students, anyone who professes Christ. We want to make sure we’ve got an adult leader that’s working with them, so we do small groups where we try to apply the sermon to our lives, and through those small groups we hope that our leaders are developing personal relationships with each and every student to help them grow in their sanctification. That’s a big emphasis. Then evangelism is a major emphasis in our ministry—equipping the students to know the gospel so that they can share...

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