Tag Archive for youth ministry
3 Ways to Reach Busy Students This...
Youth ministry is shifting and changing. It is morphing into something it has never been before, and I am not sure…
Lessons I’ve Learned Over My 30 Years...
Greg Stier: The 5 Most Important Lessons…
Teaching God’s Design For Sex and...
Walt Mueller: 10 truths on sex and gender in God’s Word we must continually teach our children and teens
Belief In God In U.S. Dips To 81%, A New...
81% believe in God, down from 87% in 2017
Doing Life With Your Adult Children
Is it OK to give advice to my grown child? What’s the difference between enabling and helping? What boundaries should I have if my…
Help Me With… Administration
We gathered up some of our favorite resources to help
100 Examples: Trans-Males Who Have...
How many victims do you deem acceptable collateral damage for prioritising male feelings over women’s safety?
When States Legalize Pot, More Teens...
Pot use among U.S. minors increases when states legalize recreational cannabis for adults, according to a new study
LGBTQ & School Lunch Agenda Holds...
This administration believes children belong to them, not parents, and wants to ensure the next generation is confused about its gender
Film Trailer: What Is A Woman…
The Left claims that traditional cultures have fluid notions of gender. That’s… not exactly what I found
Trust God With Your Kids
“Never give up on praying for your kids’ spiritual development, regardless of how fruitful or unfruitful they appear right now. Pray diligently,…
Southern Baptist Convention Releases...
The list includes hundreds of entries from alleged cases spanning mainly from 2000 to 2019
Creating Boundaries In Our Youth...
In light of the revelations from the SBC investigation this week, we wanted to share some of the content we have developed…
Bible Messages For Youth That Make A...
Rachel Blom: What Bible messages are you impressing upon your teens to reaffirm them?
Families Cancel Vacations, Summer Camp...
“75% of parents say they are concerned about the rising cost of everyday purchases like food or gas.”
Video: Sr. Pastor Busted For Sex W/...
‘I Was Just 16 When You Took My Virginity On Your Office Floor. (They prayed for the pastor but not the victim)
“Like A Creepy Neighbor”...
The auto insurance company State Farm is encouraging its agents in Florida to donate books promoting transgenderism to 5-year-olds to their local…
Ways To Care For Teenagers With…....
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 10 and 34
Ways To Care For Teenagers Who Are...
In 2020, it was estimated that 4.1 million adolescents between 12-17 had at least one major depressive episode
Ways To Care For Teenagers Who Are...
In 2021, the CDC officially declared a National Emergency in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Popular Kids In School More Likely To Be...
Popular means that everyone knows you, but they may not necessarily consider you a buddy
Mental Health Should Kids Have...
Many kids have a smartphone by age 12, and some even younger.
Church Is A Place To Be Equipped For...
What is the church? What is its purpose? Why should we go to church? What is the church for?
Talking To Your Middle Schooler About...
This two-part blog on talking with your children about sexuality is more important now than ever before. All research says that the…
Middle Schoolers Accused Of Sexual...
Middle schoolers accused of sexual harassment for not using preferred pronouns, parents say
How To Thrive In The Second Half Of Your...
Now is the Perfect Time to Reboot Your Marriage
To Demonstrate Faith To Your Child’s...
You may be raising your kids in the church, but what about your teenagers’ friends?
Care For Teenagers With…. Feeding And...
4 Practical Ways to Support a Student with an Eating Disorder
Apple ‘Tracker’ Used To Stalk Teen...
Apple ‘Tracker’ Following Teen Visiting Disney World
Substitution Is Not A “Theory Of The...
Substitution Atonement is rather the essence of each image and the heart of the atonement itself
Dear Youth Pastor From Your Grown Up...
Your ministry reached far beyond my youth. It infused my adulthood with grace and love, and the memory of it still leads…
For Parents Near The End Of Senior Year...
Below are some resources from the Rooted blog for parents of high school seniors from parents who have been there
A Father’s Blessing
What moves a son to be blessed by his father (or his mother)?
Fear Of The Culture In Parenting
One of the most encouraging episodes of the Rooted Parent Podcast!
Flashback Book: The Pandemic Population
Eight Strategies to Help Generation Z Rediscover Hope After Coronavirus
My Kid Didn’t Get Into Their Dream...
As a teacher, I’ve had the opportunity to watch a number of parents walk through this season with their high schoolers
Supreme Court Signals Victory For...
The Supreme Court on Monday looked poised to side with a high school football coach who claims he was unfairly suspended for…
Protecting Children From Sextortion
Taking advantage of these tools is a key step in protecting our children. But the most important thing we can do for…
Fighting Culture As A Parent With...
Don’t Let the Culture Train Up Your Children in the Way They Should Go
Excellent Parenting Is Remarkably...
Parenting requires focusing on maturing ourselves as much as maturing our children
Alice Cooper And God
Once he became a father — everything changed. “It gave me a reason to stay sober,” That life was better than a life…
Book: Don’t Miss It: Parent Like...
Parents have approximately 936 weeks from the time their child is born until he or she graduates from high school. It goes…
Bridging The Gap Between Senior Pastors ...
How to more effectively communicate with your senior pastor
Grooming & Sexual Abuse Of Students...
Families should be skeptical of introducing sexuality into the classroom at young ages, especially if teachers are permitted to keep those conversations…
Study: Public School Employees Were ...
Government Accountability Office. Sexual abuse by school personnel raises particular concerns because of the trust placed in schools
Prevent Sexual Abuse By School…
Let Your Kids See Your Faith
They are watching to see if we really believe what we say. They are looking to see . .
68% Of Americans ‘Less Likely To...
Disney is focusing on creating content to expose young children to sexual ideas
High School Graduation Season Idea
Ever had someone believe in you more than you believe in yourself?
Regretting Teen Sex Reassignment Surgery...
What I wish I’d known when I was 19 and had sex reassignment surgery
Trans Youth Here Is Where Things May...
Fueled by isolation and social media, some youth rush toward gender identity as answer to distress
“You Are Not A Brand.”
…should be adopted by all of us as a part of our own personal creed. Living out of that reality offers a…
Being Hospitable In An Inhospitable...
How? How do we do something focused and intentional about what is wrong in our society without turning the wrongdoers into the…
Did You Get A Raise? Do The Inflation #...
Youth Pastor Compensation Update with Dan Navarra
Book: Undistracted, by Bob Goff
What it looks like to live a beautiful and purposeful life rather than drifting aimlessly from one season to the next
Most Americans Can’t Name All 4 Of...
Survey of 2,113 U.S. adults, including 1,911….a massive knowledge gap when it comes to recent family history
Free Curriculum To Prepare For Good...
Video based curriculum I take the audience on the journey that Jesus went through
Podcast: The Future Of Parent Ministry
What does parent ministry look like in different family dynamics
High School Youth Group Is Changing—So...
How High School Youth Group Has Changed and What To Do
Teaching Students About The Atonement
Students today are presented with various forms of “justice.” The focus on trying to fix what is broken in the world…
Walt Mueller: Youth Ministry And The...
“Whoever you want to be, it’s yours to make on Instagram!”
Disney’s Child-Predator Problem
Instead of promoting gender ideology, the company would be better served by addressing a longstanding history among its employees
Our 10 Failures Of Leading Volunteers
Regardless of the size of your group, every healthy youth ministry has a healthy volunteer staff
Lessons From Ministry Mistakes
They have taught me so many lessons and changed my philosophy of ministry along the way. Here are three of the “biggies”
women being beaten by biological males...
If things don’t change, women’s sports will never be the same
10 Truths On Sex And Gender From God’s...
Our children are being educated on sex and gender by a cultural narrative as young as pre-school age
Youth Ministry Podcasts
A collection of shows to help you win in youth ministry. The network is led by the longest-running podcast in youth ministry…
Theological Depth And Practical Ministry...
Many volunteers within the church feel overwhelmed at the thought of serving in the youth ministry
This School District An All-out Assault...
Remember, parents are not entitled to know their kids’ identities.
Book: Young Adult Ministry Now
Churches need young adult ministry now because the Church needs young adults—now.
Raising Girl Athletes In A Transgender...
..this erasure of biological sex is a gross injustice—not only against the athletes forced into co-ed competition, but also against the God…
Supreme Court Nominee Gave Leniency 4...
‘A lot of hiding’: Senators kept from seeing Sentencing Commission records on Supreme Court nominee
The Jesus I Wish I Knew in High School
“We get it―and Jesus gets it too. Here’s who Jesus is and how he wants to meet you in this intense time.”
Why teenagers aren’t what they used to...
Here’s how we’ve defined adolescence throughout history – and why it’s time for a new category
Guarding Our Children from Church Hurt
“Church hurt” (pain inflicted by a religious institution) And Why Our Actions Matter
High Schoolers Can Be Church Members,...
Student ministries…tend to help students value Jesus but fail when it comes to helping students value the local church
Mental Health And Family
As youth workers, I think we do a good job of talking about mental health and teens, although there are always ways…
Book: The Desecrators
Defeating the Cancel Culture Mob and Reclaiming One Nation Under God
74% Say Raising Kids Today Much Harder...
A recent survey has found that while new technology may seem to make parents’ lives easier, 74 percent of parents polled think…
Texas…Trans Surgeries, Puberty...
Texas AG Ken Paxton Fights to Protect Children From Transgenderism
Biologically Male Stayed In Cabin With...
Controversy erupts after parents of Los Alamitos fifth-graders learn of sleeping arrangements at camp
The Dark Sexualization Side Of The...
‘Dangerous by design’ metaverse apps allow children to access immersive digital sex clubs
5 Things I Learned As A Pastor’s Kid
I grew up as a pastor’s kid and learned some pretty important lessons that churches need to know about pastors and their…
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