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Covering Up Hate With Love
Youth Group Students Cover Satanist Graffiti With Artwork Expressing Their Faith
“The Love Dare for Parents”
A 40-day challenge to assist parents in guiding their children in the Christian faith
Mark DeVries: Keep Your Young People by...
Getting older Christians involved in the lives of younger ones
Grow Up! Extended Adolescence
Apprenticeship: we as the church must encourage our young people to seek out adults who they believe can “show” them something they…
Open Paris: Youth ministry in Europe is...
37% of people from the UK believed there is a God, with 44% in Germany, 28% in The Netherlands and 27% in…
Josh Griffin Leaves More Than Dodgeball...
He’s jumping to DownloadYouthMinistry.com
Hip’ Teachers May Feel Out Of...
Incorporating forms of popular culture into the classroom provides a “meeting place” where students and teachers can share their expertise
4 Key Ingredients For Youth Ministry
Youth ministry needs a “a picture of the future that produces passion.”
Preparing Great Messages When You Don&...
There are weeks when other ministry responsibilities put message preparation on the back burner
How to Keep the Spiritual High From Camp
If you really think about it, there are 5 major things we do at a camp or retreat everyday that we tend…
What God Are You Teaching Your Teenagers...
How do we lead them beyond knowledge and understanding of God’s Word to bold application?
“Morning-After” Birth Control Pill...
At what age should young girls be allowed to buy the “morning-after’ pill
Knee Jerk Reaction
When a church hires a new youth worker they often hire the opposite
3 Things Boys Must Know About Sexuality:...
By Aaron Buer
Pornography
For the last two days I have been writing about how to talk to boys about sex. Be sure…
Our Kids Are Leaving The Church!
Making a Case for Inter-Generational Ministry
Why Students Don’t Engage With The...
The most effective way of drawing people to Christ is first through Christ-centered community
Why Christian Students Walk Away From...
Students want to be part of a mission bigger than themselves and if we aren’t connecting them to it they will go…
3 Things Boys Must Know About Sexuality:...
God Invented Sex: By Aaron Buer
Listening to Young Atheists
..They felt their churches offered superficial answers to life’s difficult questions
Five Reasons Christian Parents “Lose...
The best way to make sure your children will grow up in Christ, is if you are growing in Christ
Flashback: Seven Reasons Why Young...
Here are some general trends that I think apply to why are young adults walking away from religion?
Attacks On Christian Children In Egypt...
…another purpose appears to be to frighten Christian families to make them reluctant to send their children to church
20 Truths About Tithers [Infographic]
63% of Tithers started giving 10% or more between childhood and their twenties
Part-Time Youth Pastor, Full-Time Hero
How to Make an Qualitative Impact With Only 5
Leading Up: Finding Influence in the...
Hey youth worker friends: “Leading Up,” is currently only $1.99 in the Amazon Kindle store
Summertime: The Perfect Time To Evaluate...
what you might do to be more effective heading into the new school year in the Fall
Successful Transitions From Children&...
What do you want new 6th graders to know when they entered youth ministry, and how we insure that no students “fell…
Ten Signs of Hope for a Declining Church
Most important are Leaders Who Face the Truth, Leaders With a Vision and Leaders Who Refuse to Give Up
Flashback: SmartPhone Safety Nets ...
Sadly, less than half of parents are having conversations with their kids about their phones or their social media use
How Culture Really Changes
People have to change not only their actions and decisions — they have to change their thinking
Insights Into Missional Student Ministry
Send Network Student Ministry Google Hangout
MY YEAR WITHOUT SHOES
I spoke at the Jr High Ministry at my church 🙂 you cant let fear rule your life especially if Jesus is…
The Summit 2013, NOV. 8 – 9
Lots of news from The Summit and the youth cartel
Father of the Bride Gives the Most...
Before completely giving his daughter away one father had a few words he needed to say
Helping Youth Thrive
25% are on a pathway to human thriving and the rest has fallen behind. They are lost, confused, medicated and alone.
Free Webcast on Building Family Assets:...
Join us live for a free live webcast with the Search Institute’s Family Assets expert Gene Roehlkepartain
5 Ways to Help Parents Pass On Faith to...
Parents are the most influential person in your children’s faith journey, lets equip them to be spiritual leaders for their kids
5 More Ways to Help Parents Pass on...
Parents are the most influential person in your children’s faith journey, lets equip them to be spiritual leaders for their kids
Flashback: 10 Ways to Teach Your...
If a child is going to accept your faith as his own, he must see it lived out..In YOU!
Fixing The Broken Cycle Of Youth...
Due to a lack of clarity and accountability,the goals of youth ministry will always be difficult to reach
Students Fight To Keep Ten Commandments ...
Hundreds of Christian students have decided to fight back against a national association of atheists and agnostics
Police File Charges In Naked Pope...
A female CMU student dressed
up as the pope, and was naked from the waist down during a parade
Flashback: Parents A Word About...
It’s not just about assumed popularity anymore. It’s explicit. It’s quantifiable.
4 Things Student Pastors Must Learn To...
I know there are many things student pastors must learn to do well, but these are the ones I have been thinking…
CHRISTIAN TEENS On A Mission To Take...
“We are an ARMY…We are in a WAR for the hearts and minds of OUR GENERATION…failure is NOT an option.”
6 Questions Every Pastor Must Ask About...
These questions point to something far greater than youth ministry
Student Leader, Don’t Waste Your...
If teens can learn trigonometry in high school, they can learn theology in church!
Parents, You’re On The Clock
The app will tell you how many weeks you have left with your child before college
Youth ministry in the 21st century
Why youth ministers need to embrace youth work practices
Creating a Missional Culture of Gospel...
Greg Stier’s Book review of Alvin Reid’s new youth ministry book, As You Go. Get it, read it, do it!
Special Needs In Youth Ministry
Dealing With Special Needs Students In Your Youth Group
Beyond Camp-As-Usual
Sticky Faith Approaches to More Intentional Camps and Retreats
Maximize Your Youth Group’s Social...
What are some unique ways you use social media in your youth ministry?
Flashback: 8 Reasons Why Students Stop...
Relationships are key to having students in your ministry
A Post-Christian Model For Discipleship
Spiritual Formation rather than Behavior Modification
A post-Christian Gospel
Here is a gospel message that seems to be actually be good news to my post-modern, post-Christian kids
What Do You Do Now That The Gospel Is No...
Students have absolutely zero understanding of sin. Your morality is not their morality
5 Tools Needed to Reach Today’s...
Based on my conversations with kids and observations in the culture, I consider these five theological tools to minister effectively to today’s…
Max Time In Youth Min
Utilize the time around things you already have scheduled
Orange Conference: Sessions 4-7
PERRY NOBLE, BRAD LOMENICK, DOUG FIELDS, SHERRY SURRATT, HEATHER ZEMPEL, CHARLES JENKINS
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Best Price on Sticky Faith E-Books Ever
20 Ideas to Increase Relational Ministry...
Quick, random, hits that we hope inspire you to try something new, too!
20 Ideas to Increase Relational Ministry...
Quick, random, hits that we hope inspire you to try something new, too!
Stroke Risk: Why Health Habits Matter in...
People who lived in the stroke belt for their first 12 years, or ages 13 to 18, were 22% more likely to…
YS Roundtable: What Makes Up A...
Terry Linhart talks with Sharon Ketcham
Teens’ Brains Are More Sensitive...
Teens’ risky behavior reflects the unique effect of peer influence on the still-developing teenage brain
How To Avoid The #1 Danger Preteen...
Patrick Snow spoke at one of the main sessions of the 2013 preteen leaders’ conference
Is Your Youth Ministry Reaching Post...
If we’re unwilling to change to meet a changed culture, we have to accept the fact that our ministries will increasingly be…
We Love Our Youth Worker Website &...
If churches and youth workers both commit to this covenant, it will lead to.. healthier youth workers and ministries
We Love Our YouthWorker: Survey:
Can you help us assess We Love Our Youth Worker
Mississippi bills would ensure the right...
“Let’s get God back in the schools some way,” Ott said. “We’ve been praying in schools for 200 years. Why should we…
Are We A Post-Christian Culture?...
Younger generations are increasingly post-christian
Send Your Seniors Off Right
A great way to thank and celebrate the seniors
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