When thinking about ministry difficulties, pastors say they’re most concerned with growing people inside church and reaching those outside it.

When church switchers change congregations, they have a long list of important factors they are looking for in a new church.

More ‘nones’ than Catholics

I asked parents, “How can the church care for and support your other children?”

Discover practical tips and strategies on how to approach your church leaders and negotiate a salary increase. Don’t settle for less, learn how youth pastors can get a raise and be valued

The “big number” of what youth pastors are making from 2022, and factors determining salary

With Innovative School Choice Options

What It Is, Why It’s Destructive, and How to Respond

Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

‘Emerging adults’ will listen to a parent’s unsolicited advice, but the parent has to lay the groundwork

Culture-watcher Mark Bauerlein recently did all of us a favor in his First Things article, “What Parents Can Do About TikTok.

What Parents Can Do About Tik Tok

“For Gen Z men who feel purposeless and lost, the way off the couch is the way of the Cross.”

Thirty-seven percent of teenage girls between 13 and 15 were exposed to unwanted nudity in a week on Instagram

Instagram’s own algorithm was promoting the discoverability of victims for pedophiles seeking child abuse material

Their 40th anniversary celebration will be featured in more than 1,400 theaters in 50 countries across the globe

When troubles find our children, here are three ways we can support them

“I’m Coping and Hoping” This mantra is my summary of research from Gallup, McKinsey, and the Pew Research Center

by Amy Diller

Why Gen Z Conservatives Are Drawn To Unorthodox Political Outsiders

I used the following excerpt because it just seemed fitting since I just wrote about how my mom still is influencing me as a man of God.

The Powerful Influence of Moms in Christians’ Households

*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on Barna.com, and Homeword.com. I used Homeword & Barna’s excerpt because it just seemed fitting since I just wrote about how my mom still is influencing me as a man of God.

Acknowledging the influence of moms isn’t just the stuff of…

 A Mother’s Loving Correction 

“Mama Said Knock You Out.”  This is straight from LL Cool J.  When my brothers and I were young, I changed the phrase to “Mama gonna knock you out.”  This didn’t happen in our household. However, I was one of four rambunctious boys.  We grew up with…

Yearning for Authenticity

Longing for Deep Peace

UK rules on kid transition proves parents can beat the woke mob

The Democrats and Biden ministration refused to close the border

liberal parents are more likely to have a permissive parenting style and “are the least likely to successfully discipline their children.”

What does it mean to be a man in America today?

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We asked our Rooted writers to tell us how they are seeking to keep Jesus at the center of their youth ministry Christmas parties this year

Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?

Men older than 75 saw their rate rise to the highest of any age group, to 43.7 per 100,000. Overall, men comprise the vast majority of suicides

Selfie-related deaths are…a silly youthful mistake. An unhealthy extension of our celebrity culture and social media pressures

If you can’t find a way to ask the questions you need answers to, then don’t take the job until you can

Remember that you are interviewing a potential church in the same way they are interviewing you! Ask good questions

How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

It pushes you up and makes you look like all the supermodels with that gorgeous look we all want

Haidt and Moore discuss the alarming rates of anxiety and depression among children and adolescents

God, in his grace, equips parents for the task of discipling their children.

The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?

AI-generated nudity has spread to a high school in New Jersey, where school officials now worry about new cyberbullying tactics

The rise in antisemitism in colleges and universities in the U.S. was linked to $13 billion in undisclosed funds from foreign countries

Recalibrate their thankfulness around the eternal promises of God?

More than 200 Muslim men in Gaza have converted to Christianity after reportedly seeing Jesus in their dreams, said Christian professor Michael Licona

Here are three ways youth groups can study Christmas and Advent while keeping Jesus’ birth central

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AI-generated nudity issue has already reportedly spread to a high school in New Jersey, where school officials now worry about new cyberbullying tactics

Despite its concern over the closures’ harm to kids, New York Times in 2020 advocated for school closures despite the risks

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Eight Timely Research Insights for Discipling the Next Generation

Key steps for spiritual formation for Christian adults who work with youth as well as families, teens, and young adults seeking such a resource

Is TikTok manipulating its platform to ensure that the most toxic content reaches the largest possible audience?

A weekly listing of hot cultural items from the Internet, music, television, and movies

Executive function is a set of mental skills that include the ability to plan, switch between tasks, resist tempting distractions, and focus

Other criticism including trying Scott Smith, the parent of a student who was sexually assaulted in what became a high-profile case

The 2019 Book of Common Prayer Explained

Book…Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock’s Gender Service for Children

….and What We Can Do About It. To have intrinsic self-worth not contingent upon external achievements

The World Has Changed: Our Message Must Not. It is the next-generation ‘Out of the Saltshaker’ for this new era

Oregon Trains Teachers to Promote ‘Equitable Math,’ Dismantle ‘Systemic Inequities’ in the Classroom

NC Child Psychiatrist Gets 40 Years for Using AI to Make Child Porn

Nov. 11, teenagers from all around the world will be reaching other teens with the Gospel during an unprecedented day of global youth evangelism

The Fearless Future of the Church

The proposed rule threatens to erase the benefits of traditional marriage, a structure that gives children a better chance at life

57% of females aged 14-18 have viewed pornography.

Social media can have negative, sometimes dire, impacts on teens’ physical and mental health

Why quibble over words? After all, isn’t our ultimate goal to lead people to Jesus?

He says that they didn’t target children with transgender ideology products, and he says that they didn’t work with the devil worshiper

Implications for the Church and Society

Important, biblical perspectives on topics like the changing face of evangelicalism, and trends emerging in American culture

“Kill those kids!!!” “Cr*ckers” with “white privlages”   “going to fancy private schools with those fancy khakis + sports backpacks w/ their daddies mustangs + convertibles.”

74% believe in God, 69% angels, 67% heaven, 59% hell, 58% the devil

The recent church attendance levels are about 10 percentage points lower than what Gallup measured in 2012 and most prior years

The gun crews were being hurt by their own weapons. Marines received diagnoses of traumatic brain injuries

A shift is happening to a post-Christian West. We now have the ability to interact with people around the world at our fingertips

Our churches have a remarkable opportunity to partner with parents in the task of making disciples of the next generation

In the topsy-turvy world of the kingdom of God, leadership is borne out in servanthood, greatness is borne out in humility

The book provides you with practical tips for fostering a passion for evangelism in the young people you lead

Children born in the 1980s and ’90s never absorbed the faith in their home. And they walked away from it at an earlier age than most parents and leaders suspect

The Life and Legacy of the German Reformer for free

Slightly more than half of Gen Z adolescents want to see more platonic relationships or friendships in movies and TV as opposed to romance or sex scenes

A weekly listing of hot cultural items from the Internet, music, television, and movies

“God brought me back to him when I was hopeless.”

The football coach who fought all the way to Supreme Court for his right to pray shares his inspiring story of courage, redemption, and grace

Planned Parenthood Turns Its Attention to Confused Adolescents Who Think They’re Trans

School choice significantly held down the cost of tuition of private elementary schools and had no impact on tuition at private high schools

Does Your Church Resume Pass the Six-Second Test?

Provides a deeper understanding of the challenges church staff members face

Government Official Cannot Say How Many Migrant Children Are Tracked by Feds After Being Released into U.S.

How can youth leaders teach theologically without talking over students’ heads? Here are a few tips to help you get started in your youth group

Why do we teach so much doctrine? Because our students want answers to their questions about life and what to believe

Tracing the Development of the Christian Faith

After Hamas terrorist attack against Israel, some of the most appalling responses came from our nation’s elitist universities.

Prices for concert tickets and amusement-park entries have ballooned

It’s as easy as picking a time frame for the fundraising campaign and showing this video

The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents—and What They Mean for America’s Future, covers

It’s one thing to talk about gospel-centered youth ministry, and another thing to actually do it