Many of our students say that one of their favourite aspects of their experience with us is the community that they become a part of when they study with us. With the current changes to the degree we are determined to maintain this aspect of our DNA.
We recognise that this could be tricky – moving from 6 residentials a year to only 2… Meeting online for weekly facilitations… Covid-19 showed us that online community is only a glimpse of true community. Therefore, we have chosen to not offer a completely online experience. We are excited to introduce Ministry Hubs to the degree experience. Through the birth of these Hubs, our vision is that students will engage in this ‘life-together’ community, more so even than if they were gathering just 6 times a year.
Our Ministry Hubs will be made up of several Churches and organisations within different locations. Some Hubs may be connected through location, some through Church denomination. Students will complete their ministry hours and be based at a church or organisation within one of the Hubs. We would love to see students working together across churches. To see them bringing young people and communities together as they create a culture of discipleship.
To be part of a Hub, some students may have to relocate to be based at a church within the Hub. Reign Ministries and the Hub leader will provide support in finding a suitable placement and place to live for those students. Other students may already live in the Hub area and/or be connected to the Hub organisation.
The Hub Leader will be the main source of support for those within Ministry Hubs. This will be in the form of cluster training sessions, prayer, coaching and week-to-week community. Another by-product of the Hub will be opportunities for students to lead and run experiences for their young people together. Our desire is that community amongst the students and hub leaders will grow organically alongside cluster and ministry.
If you have ever had the experience of being part of a Christian gap year, you will know the joy of living, working and ministering together with a group of likeminded people. We want to facilitate this experience for our students as they live and work together with their peers.
“We want the degree programme to be a place where you will be loved, cared for, and supported. Where you are challenged and encouraged as you earn a degree in the context of a local youth ministry setting. We aim to create an environment and culture that cultivates family.”
Are you in a place where your gap year is coming to an end? Are you unsure what community looks like for you in what the Lord has next? Then maybe you could consider studying with Reign Ministries!
We want the degree programme to be a place where you will be loved, cared for, and supported. Where you are challenged and encouraged as you earn a degree in the context of a local youth ministry setting. We aim to create an environment and culture that cultivates family. You will hopefully meet and learn alongside those who will become family and friends that will last a lifetime!
Students repeatedly say that their highlight of studying with Reign Ministries is being part of a community where they are supported and cared for. This could be your learning environment for the next three years. We would love it if you would come and be a part of it! Click below to find out more!
Categories: Youth Ministry Degree Course
Updated: 28 Mar 2024 | Posted by: Charlie Morris
Hi everyone! I am Jamie Gurling and I started studying at Reign this year. I am 19 and from Glasgow in Scotland. I left high school in 2022 and I thought the next step was obvious, to go straight into further education, just the same as everyone else. So, I followed the norm, moved city […]
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Updated: 18 May 2023 | Posted by: Charlie Morris
As a ministry we have been reviewing how we deliver the degree progamme in a way that fits both our vision and DNA, whilst still providing quality training for the next generation of disciple-making leaders. From September 2023 we implemented some changes and we are excited to see how God is going to lead us […]
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Updated: 26 Apr 2023 | Posted by: Charlie Morris
“Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. He appointed twelve – designating them apostles – that they might be with him and that he might send them out…” (Mark 3.13-14) Where do I start? I had just started my first real ministry role in […]
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Updated: 29 Mar 2023 | Posted by: Charlie Morris
Is Bigger Better? The bigger your youth group, the better, right? We get a special energy from the buzz of a crowd. We believe that when we’re connected to more people we’re able to have more impact. But is this really the case in youth ministry? Most of us have the feeling that this approach […]
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Updated: 22 Feb 2023 | Posted by: kmckinnon
If you were to attend one of our Expand Training Experiences you will hear our team talk about discipleship. That’s because it is the foundational to who Reign Ministries is. During our Expand: Online training you will learn the tools to help you be effective in your discipleship of young people. Watch the video below […]
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Updated: 8 Feb 2023 | Posted by: Charlie Morris
Where Is God Calling Me? I have a calling to youth ministry. But 30 years ago – I had no idea! I remember sitting in a marquee at a Christian music festival as a teenager, listening to a speaker talking about ‘Hearing God’s Call’. This was something I was wrestling with, so I figured that […]
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Updated: 8 Apr 2025 | Posted by: Charlie Morris
Exciting news! Reign Ministries is excited to announce we have a new college we are linking with for an undergraduate degree! Moorlands College will be the new home for our degree students from September. For over 20 years, Reign Ministries has played a key role in the development of a youth pathway for an undergraduate […]
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Updated: 24 Mar 2025 | Posted by: Charlie Morris
Learning from those that have gone before you. “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” writes the wise King Solomon in Ecclesiastes. He saw that life can sometimes resemble a treadmill, where history simply repeats itself and continues in a loop. […]
Read moreUpdated: 16 Dec 2024 | Posted by: Charlie Morris
After a few years of considering this move, the trustees and leadership have decided the time is right to try and sell the building we affectionately know as “the moto” (in it’s former life it was a motorcycle sales and repair shop). This building has served the charity well over many years, as a base […]
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