We recognize that today’s Christian young people face many obstacles in their path toward service for the Lord. One of these obstacles is, at times, an inability to recognize their God-given abilities in many different areas of their lives. They need to be challenged to discover and utilize these abilities for God’s glory. PILOTS is set up to provide a program to help meet that challenge and train our young people for service in the work of the Lord.
By attending church services at their local church, teenagers see all the different ministries in which church members may serve. Through PILOTS, our goal is for students to learn to plan, prepare, and carry out those areas of ministry to give them the confidence to serve in their local church. Accomplishing these skills through competition adds thrill and excitement, as well as increasing the quality of overall results.
Categories and guidelines for participation have been designed to prepare students for Christian service. After young people are encouraged to enter an event, they come away realizing they have abilities they did not know they had, and with proper training, they could be a major help in a ministry of their church - even as a young person!
One of the goals of PILOTS is to demonstrate to our young adults that it is exactly what they are – young adults. Sports have the potential to teach some good lessons in life, but we have chosen events that teens can do on a regular basis in any Christian home or Independent Baptist church now and in the future.
We would agree that soul winning, Bible memory, teaching a Sunday school class, singing special music, singing in the choir, playing music specials, decorating the auditorium or classroom, leading songs on the bus, Christian school teaching, and preaching are only a few of the works in a Christian’s life. With this program, we hope to assist you in training servants who will perform these duties during and after high school.
Mike Bragg
Administrator, Faith Baptist Academy