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5 Ways Catholic Leaders Win At Social...
A few key things that Protestant Christians might learn from our Catholic brothers and sisters
How To Align Leaders Around Your Mission
by Carey Nieuwhof : In fact, strategy trumps mission and vision. A great mission and vision with a bad strategy will fail.
Desperation and Depth…
Walt Mueller: Why our youth group kids needs us to pray they have difficulty
Can Kids REALLY Leave the Faith After...
3 Thoughts On A Faith that “Sticks”
What A Middle School Boy Needs Most From...
My parenting MANTRA: WITH FREEDOM COMES RESPONSIBILITY.
Quiet Time: Thoughts And Reflections&...
He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world —1 John 2:2
Bringing Young Families Back To Church&...
The first 300 to register will also receive The Sticky Faith Guide for Your Family: Over 100 Practical and Tested Ideas to…
Ministering to Youth on the Autism...
Students with autism spectrum disorders are often on the outside looking in
11 Ideas About Connecting With...
I know as a church leader I often forget to think about these ideas because I spend most of my time with…
Why Young Adults Are Walking Away From...
An Interview with Kara Powell
How to Get a Youth Ministry Raise
Youth ministry is a notoriously low salary field with many youth pastors and youth directors making far less money than other similar…
The Best Sports… Life Lesson
Football, like any sport or job provides us with many life lessons that need to be applied if we are to succeed.
Bart Campolo’s Doubt And Departure...
Tony Campolo’s surprise reaction when his son came out as a humanist
Doubt: 8 Hard Questions About God &...
Because it’s not doubt that’s toxic to faith. It’s silence
Preparing Youth for Doubt
Part 2. Preparing youth for doubt (and preparing their parents likewise) is a crucial task for youth leaders as students enter into…
Strategy Matters: The Importance of...
Ed Stetzer: Effective strategies help form fruitful ministries.
5 Reasons to Start Your Summer...
So as you stare down another year, you need to start this fall on your plan for fundraising for the coming year Here’s why
Sometimes the Lost Sheep Becomes the...
That last kid. The one I almost didn’t call. Suddenly, he is the one being a shepherd You never know. The last kid, they matter to God
Changing The Trajectory Of Your Youth...
Changing the Trajectory of Your Youth Ministry:
From a ministry to students, to students having ministry to the world.
by John Vandervelde
In 1994 Doug…
Baylor Professor Disputes Reports Of...
…data sources show that across 40 years, church attendance has varied only slightly
A New Bible app For Your Kids
This app is fantastic it is engaging for kids of all ages and it not only allows them to read but does a fantastic job of using visuals to even engage kids who are not the best readers
The Dare 2 Share app
Have all the core evangelism training of Dare 2 Share at their fingertips free of charge!
7 Ways to Protect Family
So, how do we protect our relationship with our children, even when we serve in such a demanding profession as the ministry?
Help Students Reach Their Lost Friends
Core teams are built to come around Christian students as a coach and help them learn to listen to what God would have them do to reach their friends
No More Adolescent Daycare
Youth ministry in the nation should be an innovation space for the local church. All we have to do is give them space to fail and have a willingness to get messy with them.
Raising Teenagers is Nothing Like...
And I wonder why? Why is this not easier? Why am I not more effective? Well, here’s what I’m learning.
What It Looks Like To REALLY Partner...
Without parents your influence on a teen’s faith formation is limited
5 Instant Steps to Ask Better Discussion...
One of the most engaging and life-giving methods youth workers can use is discussion
Dear Youth Pastor, It’s Worth The...
…just maybe, you can refocus that program on its original purpose, and bring it back to life
Flashback: Today’s Lazy Youth Pastor
Remember why you’re doing what you’re doing… or stop doing it
Ministering to Millennials About Sex
Barna Group: Q&A with Tim Chaddick
4 Things You Do That Tick Off Your...
Here are four things to avoid to help make the youth worker—elder board relationship thrive
Andrew Root’s New Book: Bonhoeffer...
A Theological Vision for Discipleship and Life Together
Flashback: My Empire vs. God’s...
Three ways to avoid personal empire building in your own ministry
How To Engage Youth In Conversation&...
But what about new adult leaders? Will they persist through the awkwardness of a conversation in order to get to the good…
7 In 10 Americans Think Role Of Religion...
But an increased number of Americans think that religion should play a larger role
DO I REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUTH...
DO I REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUTH CULTURE?
By Walt Mueller
I think I’m your average looking fifty-six year old man. That might…
Accepting Students Where They Are
Different students show up at different points in their spiritual journey, which makes it challenging to plan and program
4 Ways To Avoid Damaging Students
Watch your life and doctrine closely Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.
Is Sunday School Destroying Our Kids?
Is the gospel our central theme, or is it a “PS” tacked onto the end? With a So be good like…
7th Grade A 30-Day Devotional: Growing...
A 30-Day Devotional: Growing Your Faith..It’s a year filled with transformation and transition. The world literally feels like it’s increasing in…
5 Things Church Leadership Should Expect...
As leaders in Ministry, we are typically focused on our department. But, there’s a bigger picture that we work within
Four Things A Youth Leader Should SayTo...
As I move into a new phase of ministry life, I am in reflective mood. I have been thinking about when it has actually made a difference . .the things I have said
Ministry is difficult…at least no...
What a soldier on a plane taught me about perspective
Criticism In Youth Ministry
Want to thrive in youth minitry…find a way to take the information that the critic wants to express and use it to…
Is Pop Culture Too Juvenile? Throwing...
.. and chasing after – childish things
Book: Distortion
How the New Christian Left is Twisting the Gospel and Damaging the Faith
The Value of Academic Preparation in...
A Low Entry Point is Not a License to Skip Education
10 Reasons Why Parents Should Be...
Youth ministry is no longer about attracting and entertaining teenagers
“I Can’t Do this Anymore” –...
A lot. Those of us in Western affluent culture have been conditioned to have a comfortable life. Suffering is an under-discussed topic in society today
Teenagers: “Sin Is Always, In Some...
God’s Beauty for the Bored, Busy, and Depressed
Did My Time As A Youth Pastor
“Teenagers are a valuable part of our churches” and that is why it takes a calling from God to do his work in the role of a youth pastor
3 Ideas to Get Your Next Gen Ministries...
Understanding, promoting and cheering for one another’s ministry is a sign of health, maturity and holistic mentality
How Do Professionals Perceive Youth...
…without diplomacy and tact only causes us to get burned-out, worn out, or thrown out.
Sticky Faith Hangout and Q&A with...
A snapshot of the 5-hour Intensive on “Sticky Faith: How to Help Teens Maintain Their Faith Long-Term.”
Memory Verses Made Simple
Here is a tip or memory trick for your students
12 Tips for Stopping a Ministry or Event
#1.Connect the change to the overall mission and vision…
7 Steps To Deliver Top Notch Messages
If you do not know how to deliver a message to teenagers you’ll have a hard time influencing and impacting them
Book Review: “Teaching Teenagers in a...
Book Review – “Teaching Teenagers in a Post-Christian World”
Bill Nance
Public Schools: Christians Are Part of...
Nearly half (46%) maintain that public schools have further declined in the last five years
Church Stops ‘Game of Thrones&...
famous scene…Lena Headey — to walk out of the Church of St. Nicholas onto the streets naked
Book: A Woman in Youth Ministry
What I love about this book is that it isn’t a book of whining or joking about all the problems we face….
Tips for Male Pastors Interacting With...
This article isn’t about female leaders. It’s about male leaders interacting with female students
Multiculturalism Has Brought Us Honour...
Young people who travel abroad to commit violent Jihad should know before they go that…
See You at the Pole Wednesday, September...
Prepare for Your See You at the Pole Gathering
The App That Will Change How You Do...
Track attendance for events, monitor attendance trends over time by gender and school, and create smart filtered groups for powerful communication
3 Things You Will Want to Have Ready for...
A few things I have found to be helpful as you get ready to kick off the new school year
5 Keys To Effective Campus Ministry
So, how do you really do campus ministry effectively? Where do you start?
How To Manage Unhappy Volunteers
Unhappy volunteers is part of leading and it’s inevitable. Here’s a few ideas
The End Of Neighbours
How our increasingly closed-off lives are poisoning our politics and endangering our health
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