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30 Way To Digitally Connect With...
Heads up, there are dozens of ways to pull off each of these ideas. That’s why the list below is simply starting…
How Porn Effects Your Brain, Your...
Porn will wreck the arousal process in your brain and end up wrecking your sex life in marriage
List Of Useful Apps For Ministers ...
These are some of the apps I have found to be extremely useful whether there is a pandemic happening or not
Need A Youth Ministry Life Coach During...
Our team wants you to have personal, affordable help right now. We’re launching Leading Through Chaos Cohorts
Talking To Your Middle Schooler About...
Here are some developmental benchmarks to consider with your willingness to patiently engage with your tweenager
Thrive In What Is Sustainable
How do you thrive while also making what you are doing sustainable long term? Here are some suggestions
Podcast : Reaching The Next Generation
Shane discusses with Sean McDowell how we can pass on the faith to the next generation in a secular age
The Coronavirus, You And Your Family
If we are going to thrive in the midst of trying circumstances. Here are a few thoughts that might help you
Young People’s Faith Doesn’t...
Study: Religious upbringing given by both parents strengthens young people’s faith in God
Don’t Do Youth Ministry Alone…...
You might want someone to bounce ideas off of; or maybe you need help with a staff issue
Instagram Story Surveys To Engage...
The Coronavirus quarantine has caused us all to increase our online efforts to engage and connect with students
Family Corona Quarantine Faith Formation...
A teaching tool to build your children in Christ
Corona Quarantine: Family Faith Talks
Book: Sharing God’s Truth With Your Children
A High Schooler Has Been Invading Random...
Her first attempt at “Zoombombing,” which she uploaded to TikTok last week, racked up over 732,000 views and 175,000 likes before it…
The Dangerous Mindset Of Generation Z
How to Help Generation Z Break Free from the All-or-Nothing Mindset
Pivoting Youth Ministry In A Pandemic
Five Shifts in Global Youth Ministry
5 Ways To Save Yourself From Drowning In...
But when we’re swimming laps around these pools, we can feel drained and exhausted. Cynicism creeps in—and maybe
FREE: Surprised By Suffering. Teaching...
In times of suffering the integrity of God’s goodness presses upon our minds. Faith engages in a wrestling match with our emotions…
4 Ways to Prepare Your Family for Easter
The Lenten season… a time of reflection and response as people prepare to celebrate the resurrection of Christ
BEST Podcasts I’ve Listen To This Week...
Tommy Nixon, CEO of Urban Youth Workers Institute, talks about 3 keys to developing greater spiritual resilience
Spiritual Disciplines For Middle School...
How to push our students into new understandings and better relationships with Christ.
Christianity Offers No Answers About the...
coronavirus-induced limitations on life at the same time as Lent, the traditional season of doing without
Creating Digital Experiences In Youth...
Digital ministry has come to the forefront of practice and experience.
Becoming A Healthy Youth Worker
As we find ourselves in the days of the COVID-19 pandemic, we get to walk through interesting times where we learn to…
Youth Ministers…. Consider An MDiv
Teenagers are people—and like all people, they need pastors
Dads: How To Make The Most Of The...
You are parenting from the perspective of who you are in Christ today, not who you once were
STREAM: Youth Group At Home Sessions
Youth Group at Home presents a 4-week series from Paul’s letter to the Colossians
Church of Cowards: Wake-Up Complacent...
The average Christian in America does not know what his own religion teaches, nor does he care
Coronavirus And The Church. A Helpful...
Churches and ministry leaders as they prepare for and respond to Coronavirus in their congregations and communities
Church Get Ready Now! From European...
We talked to pastors from Spain and Italy about their experience, which might be the North American experience in just a few…
Free Mobile Games 4Youth Groups
This free five-pack of mobile games to play with your group on Instagram, Zoom, Google Hangouts, and other platforms
How To Play Games On Zoom With Your...
Most student pastors are scrambling right now to try and come up with some ways to play games on Zoom
How 2Prevent Your Youthmin Zoom Meetings...
When you share your meeting link on social media that makes your event public, and anyone can mess it up
How To Use Zoom And Sidekick For Youth...
Anthony Taylor put together two AWESOME videos on how to use Sidekick and Zoom for your online youth ministry!
Reevaluating Our 1st Online Youth...
I wanted to write a blog post immediately following the first service. what went well and what we can work on
Managing Your Back-at-Home College...
Some college students bring home additional burdens
Daily Engagement Strategy While...
Like you, we have pivoted to online only for our youth services and small groups. With students being home and not in…
2020 Youth Pastor Compensation Report
With 1506 respondents it is the largest compensation survey and report of its kind.
Education Resources For Schools And...
School models, curricula, essays, research, and products that emphasize moral education, civics, character development, and classical content
Flashback: UK. Parents Passing On Faith?
2016, survey with 1,013 parents across England, Scotland and Wales. How parents faith is engaging with their kids
How To Disciple Your Students During...
Free virtual small group and social media lessons and discussion starting questions
Enjoy Your Family Quarantine
For everyone dreading spending time with your family, allow me to offer up a different perspective: enjoy this time
Federal Judge Sides Against Praying...
High school football coach has lost another round In his “silent” post-game prayers on the 50-yard line
7 Ways To Minister In Times Of Social...
You are in social distancing, so should ministry stop? Absolutely not!
5Ways To Hurt Your Ministry In Times Of...
Do not avoid parents reach out to them. Parents are carrying their own worries and concerns
Why You’re Not Reaching Parents
What would our ministry look like if we could truly partner with parents in the way that we would like?
Spiritually Preparing Teens For College
How to help teens for Christ in college podcast on The book a different college experience.
Ways To Gather, Even When You Can’...
What if I told you there was still a way to gather even when you can’t? We’ve compiled a list of options..
10 Things You Can Do In This Shifting...
10 suggestions of ways churches and student ministries can adjust ministry for the foreseeable futur
Girl, 6, Teaches Bible Verse To Brother...
While the world is stocking up on…She realized that it was only his faith that was going to get him through this
The Bible Story In 72 Short Videos
The first step in knowing the whole Bible is knowing what each book is and how it connects to the overall story
Doing Youth Ministry In A Global Health...
In the last couple of weeks, many youth workers were faced with situations and decisions that they don’t teach you about in…
Youth Sports The Decline Of Civility In...
The biggest problem with youth sports has been the parents
Help My Child Is Abusing Drugs And...
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American Teenagers Are Declaring ...
Danny a YouTube prankster. He is proud to have seen it catch on with young people who champion abstinence
Students Can Eliminate Stress By...
It doesn’t take much time for the positive benefits to kick in — we’re talking 10 minutes outside in a space with…
Doing Youth Ministry During A Pandemic
For our young people, this may add a greater level of anxiety, too.
Gender Transition Clinic ‘Should...
UK teen girl wanted to be male; got breasts removed, took testosterone. Now 23, she says doctors should have ‘challenged’ her decision…
Green Bank W. Va. No Cell No Internet No...
“I’m happier because now I don’t have social media to give me high expectations of not only myself but everybody else around…
Family Meals Lead Strengthen Bond B/W...
Study shows that dining together as a family leads to better dietary practices and a stronger family bond
LGBT Teens At High Odds For Physical,...
Lesbian, gay and bisexual teens are far more likely than their straight peers to suffer physical and/or sexual violence, new research warns
Teaching Kids To Deal With Consequences
For every action there is an equally powerful reaction.” What scientists have known for centuries many children seem to have difficulty understanding
Snapshot Of A Gen Z Teenager At A...
Tim Chau is an 18-year-old Asian-American with more than 4m followers on Instagram.
Barna: Guiding Children
To better understand the dynamics shaping childhood faith formation today
Managing Fear And Anxiety During A...
If you’re struggling with how to manage your family’s increasing anxiety about the current public health crisis, you’re not alone
Book: Youth Empowered
Does our church have a system and strategy that successfully launches our students into Christian adulthood?
How To Parent As Your Daughter Becomes...
Your relationship has to change at this stage….You don’t want to smother your adult daughter
Understanding your pastor spouse
Five things your pastors spouse can’t say out loud but need you to know
Churches Can Welcome Those With...
Consider the needs: “You have to make an extra effort,” she said. “If that isn’t done, we don’t go back.”
Barna: Signs Of Decline & Hope
Changes happening in terms of faith practice, such as church attendance, Bible-reading and prayer.
Starting A Student Leadership Team
After years of trying to figure out what was going to work for raising up leaders, we dedicated to three shared things…
Pro-Lifers To Follow Planned Parenthood...
Planned Parenthood will both make money and market their abortion business. Conflict of interest?
Why Games Bomb In Youth Ministry
I believe there are four common reasons our games have come up short in the past, and I also believe there are…
NEW SERMON SERIES: Teach Identity Crisis
Help your students understand where they come from, who they are, how they can be themselves in Christ, and fully embrace their…
Flashback: Teenagers Think The Bible Is...
Teenagers in the US aren’t reading their Bibles. 1 in 5 have a regular reading time, while 1 in 5 never read their…
Ministry Differences From Millennial To...
The fact remains that I am a different generation than the students I am currently serving. However
5 pieces of advice from a 70-year-old...
I’ve seen a lot of years of ministry and truly believe we’re all in this together to reach all the little people
You Can Help Build The Church In Japan
The film will highlight the country’s need for the Gospel and how each student at MOVE can be a part of building…
5 Reasons To Have A Separate Middle...
Andy Stanley: optimal-size church, large enough to maintain a Split jr. high and high school groups
The Best Of The Best For Middle School...
Ministering To Middle Schoolers requires a great amount of wisdom and smart ministry on our part
Are Parents Better Than Their Moms And...
Modern parents have some new problems to contend with, and the most obvious is the internet
Uncommon Sense
What the Lord is calling us to may not always make sense, especially to those in the world
What It Means To Love Others
Why Secular Culture, Progressive Christians, and Traditional Christians Disagree on What It Means to Love Others
Flashback: Surviving A Downturn In...
Knowing how to push through this and strengthen your ministry in light of it is essential
The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake
The family structure we’ve held up as the cultural ideal for the past half century has been a catastrophe for many. It’s…
58% Of Parents Attend Church B/C Of...
Children are a big influence on where their family attends church
Slippery Slope Of Families Inconsistent...
Families that used to attend twice a month are now attending once a month. used to come once a month now Christmas…
Why Mothers Must Be Theologians
It requires a stream of explanations for why we believe what we believe about God and how he relates to everything
Ford v Ferrari’ And The Frailty Of...
The frailty of fatherhood doesn’t make one cower; it emboldens a father to more fiercely live and love
40 Days Of Lent Self-Care Tips For...
Self care during, in order to renew, recharge and be ready for the challenges of youthwork in the year ahead
Pastor, Let The Children Preach
Why You Should Let the Youth Group Invade Your Pulpit
Pope To Catholics: For Lent, Give Up...
a time to give up useless words, gossip, rumours, tittle-tattle and speak to God on a first name basis
Book: Youth Ministry Nuts And Bolts,...
Organizing, Leading, and Managing Your Youth Ministry
Lent Bible Readings
Lent – a time for reflection, repentance, and renewal – when Christians are invited to prepare themselves spiritually for the celebration of…
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