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Youth Workers Crossing The Line
Youth worker. . . you are just one bad decision away from being a headline.
14-Year-Old Earns $200,000 Playing...
Griffin’s YouTube which showed him beating a popular Fortnite gamer. The video got 7.5 million views.
To Reach Unsaved Christians, First...
People who claim Christianity but lack gospel awareness present a unique evangelistic challenge
Managing Teens Online
As part of Pew Research Center’s research into Americans’ digital lives, they surveyed over 1,000 parents of teens to better understand their…
As Time Online Increased, Teen...
The newly released World Happiness Report, an annual study sponsored by the United Nations showing changes in happiness finds that teens who…
Breakfast With Parents Tied To...
Consistently eating breakfast as a family might promote positive body image for children and adolescents.
Podcast: What Does Your Teenager...
A parent shared this podcast between two Christian moms who have raised teenagers. They give some tremendous lessons, and ones you will…
Movie: Unplanned And Why It’s...
No one will be able to see this scene and then say they “don’t know” the truth about abortion
First Amendment Protection On...
Donald Trump signed an executive order protecting freedom of speech on college campuses
Crazy & Sick: Selling Child...
Research in the UK has shown that people who buy these dolls are likely to have child porn in their possession
Protecting A Teen Girl From Sexual...
Women passengers rally to protect teenage girl from airplane ‘creep’
How Porn Has Changed Dating...
Shallow surface-level attraction is the currency in porn, and we’re here to say that’s cheap. Hold out for something real—hold out for real love.
Religious ‘Nones’ Now...
The number of religious “nones” in the United States are now statistically equal than the number of evangelicals, according to a political…
The Way U.S. Teens Spend Their Time...
Teens today are spending their time differently than they did a decade ago. They’re devoting more time to sleep and homework, and…
Video: Raising Kind Kids
Here is another excellent parenting video from Christine Carter. Great advice
More Young People Don’t Have...
Just over half of Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 – 51 percent of them – said they do not…
Book: So The Next Generation Will...
Preparing Young Christians in a Challenging World
How TikTok Is Rewriting The World
TikTok will change the way your social media works — even if you’re avoiding it
Parents’ Ultimate Guide To...
Is TikTok safe? How does it work? And can I do a duet with my kid? Everything you need to know about…
How Much Time Should Kids Spend On...
Happiness and mental health are highest at a half-hour to two hours of extracurricular digital media use a day; well-being then steadily…
Helping Kids Hear Truth In A World...
“I wish I had spent less time trying to block out the lies and more time focusing on the truth.”
How To Teach Kids To Tell The Truth
We desire for our children to tell us the truth, especially when confessing their sin. But how can we teach them to be…
Are Christian Guys An Endangered...
Why is it every time I teach at a youth leadership convention, the audience is comprised of 75% females?…
5 Alarming Porn Stats For youth
Pornography is out there, and for everyone’s safety, you need to warn them of the impending danger
Marv Penner’s 3 Words To Describe...
How to do youth ministry right. It means working with parents instead of working for them!
Teens Not Socializing In The Real...
The percent of high school seniors who said they often felt lonely increased from 26 percent in 2012 to 39 percent in 2017
Kim Kardashian & Kylie Jenner...
Almost eight in 10 young teenage girls say that pressure from social media is one of the main reasons for mental ill-health…
Easy Spiritual Assessment Tools For...
A realistic insight into how your youth view their faith
Book: Overrated
Are We More in Love with the Idea of Changing the World Than Actually Changing the World?
Study: Teens Anxiety And Depression...
Most U.S. Teens See Anxiety and Depression as a Major Problem Among Their Peer
How To Lead When You’re Not In...
One of the greatest myths of leadership is that you must be in charge in order to lead
The Importance Of Greeting...
Welcoming teenagers as they walk in the door is one of my most important ministry practices
How “Showing Up” Helps Your...
Contact work is vital to your ministry. If you and your leaders do a lot of it, it will yield great relationship…
St. Patrick Calls All Christians To...
Who is Saint Patrick and why does it matter
St. Patrick: Was Kidnapped As A...
Today most people know St. Patrick for green beer, banishing snakes from Ireland, using shamrocks to teach
ST. PATRICK’S DAY LESSON
I love how the video is very deep theologically, but fun as well
Binge Drinking in Teens Increase...
A growing body of evidence supports the idea that alcohol exposure early in life has lasting effects on the brain and increases…
Being in Nature Can Boost Kids’...
Spending time in nature boosts children’s academic achievement and healthy development in a variety of ways
Recovering VBS
The original purpose of Vacation Bible School has been lost in many of our current-day efforts. It’s time to get back to…
Climate Change: Student Planned...
Students demand action on climate change in planned global school walkout
Building Credibility With Parents
Parents will be your greatest supporters or your biggest hurdle
College Admissions Cheating Scandal
A nationwide scheme to get children get into elite universities.
Flashback: The Secret Ingredient To...
Finding the right family to host the Group is absolutely critical to the success of the group.
Growing With; An Interview With...
In this episode, Ben Trueblood and Mary Margaret West, talk with Kara Powell about her new book: Growingwith
5 Ways To Beat The Springtime...
You had a great fall and the winter months but, spring attendance falls and you are wondering what happened?
How VBS Shapes Our Culture And The...
VBS is needed now more than ever, at a time when more and more families have no access to the gospel
Have Smartphones Destroyed A...
More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a…
Gen Z Is Stressed, Depressed And...
Most youngsters getting good grades is a bigger worry than drinking or unplanned pregnancies
It’s Time To Get To Know...
How are we at reaching students today where they are at, on their digital devices?
The StudentMinistry Podcast:...
Amazing resource for youth pastors regarding compensation, raise, taxes, housing allowance, and other pieces of the financial side of ministry.
PSA: Kids Steal Parents’ Guns...
The PSA encourages kids to break the law and endanger themselves and others
Preparing Students For The Digital...
3 Realities Pastors and Parents Should Consider To Prepare Students For The Digital World
10 Books That Reveal the Idolatrous...
Marxism is not primarily an economic theory. It is primarily a surrogate religion. And it is creeping into the worldview of many…
Book Review: On Preaching
On Preaching — Personal & Pastoral Insights for the Preparation & Practice of Preaching
Study: Churches Exclude Children...
Children with the greatest need for a supportive community were the most likely to feel unwelcome
Silence Is A Hindrance In Kids...
I actually would allow my kids more freedom in their high school years to explore and express their questions about faith
What Millennials Think About...
“millennials the most evangelism-adverse generation on record,”?
The Benefits Of Intergenerational...
The long-term perspective of the older saints encourages the younger generation to continue in faithfulness and service.
Is Your Church Ready For The Future
Five signs your church isn’t ready for the future
Book: Mentoring The Next Generation
Provides a real-world and pro-active strategy to practically connect the generations in your church
Growing Kids, Growing Parents
Kara Powell and Steven Argue describe how to parent adolescent and young adult children
Youth Workers Tell Your Parents...
4 Things Youth Workers Would Tell Parents About Teenagers, Social Media, and Technology
Michael Jackson’s Sexual Abuse...
10 undeniable facts about Michael Jackson’s Abuse Allegations
Dear High School Me…..Eating...
What My Daughter Would Say to Her Younger Self NoEating Disorder
UK Book: Decades Of Cuts: The....
Decades of cuts: the policies that dismantle youth work – a new book by Bernard Davies
Advice For Parents Of Little Kids
20 Tips I wish I could have given parents of teens before their kids were 4
Teens Depression Greater Problem...
In a survey of nearly 1,000 teens ages 13 to 17, 70 percent say anxiety and depression are critical issues among their peers,…
Where Marijuana Is Legal, Many...
Where pot is legal, teens smoking pot and then getting behind the wheel of a car is common
Teen Pot Use Linked To Depression,...
Were also more than three times as likely to attempt suicide between the ages of 18 and 32.
Bebe Rexha says if she wants to be...
I I think as a woman I’m trying to be unapologetic and embrace my sexuality — and do what I want
Will Parents Need Kids Permission...
Her mom had been posting photos of her, without prior approval, for much of her life
Transgender Runners Dominate Girls&...
A female runner who failed to qualify or state is calling for the rules to change
Taming Negative Thoughts On...
Here are three tools I’ve discovered for policing my thought life
Flashback: How Serving Changes Kids
What’s the number one priority our parents list?
Goal Setting & Implementation
It’s that time of the year in which we take a good look at our ministry and begin to work through our…
UK: 1 In 4 Teenage Suicides...
The research of 595 suicides by people aged under 20 showed 128 had used the internet in a way that was suicide-related.
Screen Time For Kids?
If I can go back and do it all over I would do this
6 Responses To Social Media And...
The impact of the digital world is so powerful and pervasive that it’s almost impossible for most of us to keep up
How You Can Still Use An Old iPad...
To be honest, any tablet you have can be very useful for your ministry, it doesn’t have to be an iPad
Social Media And Mental Health
We talk about the relationship between social media and mental health. Here’s a few resources if you want to explore more
Culture Insight: Paris’s Last...
A place where you could be certain no minors would see pornography — nowadays they’re all watching on their phones
Books: The Parent And Family...
Here’s a list of some of our favorite books for church leaders that are building a family ministry in their church.
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