Tag Archive for youth ministry
Late Night Texting Habits Of Teens...
In Sleep Deprivation, Affects School Performance
Harvard Study Proves These 3 Things Are...
The people who fared the best were the people who leaned in to relationships, with family, with friends, with community
What Every Parent Should Know About...
Teens are Hooked…9 Hours. That’s the average amount of time that teens are spending with screens thanks to smart phones
5 Things You Should Do to Help Avoid...
KidMin leaders DO experience burnout at a high level…
Why Kids Should Bring Their Devices To...
3.79 billion mobile users, The Church has an opportunity to link a child’s spiritual growth to their mobile device
Teen Who Suffered Cardiac Arrest In...
This Heart Month, we hope this video will inspire your Church and staff to become CPR and AED certified
The Crazy way Teens Are Hiding Their...
Young women are creating second portals for their shared images…
Instagram Supports ‘Fake’...
Starting this week, you can now switch between multiple accounts on Instagram, on one device
Are Teens Losing Conversational Skills...
MIT Professor in the Social Studies of Science and Technology…teens are rapidly losing basic skills in conversation
Ten Fascinating Facts About Pastor And...
From the work of Richard Hammer, statistical tome: 2016-2017 Compensation Handbook for Church Staff
Why Lent Is Good for Bad Christians
The somber season leading up to Easter might feel like punishment. In fact, for people like me, it’s sheer grace
How To Get Paid What You’re Worth...
The biggest donors in many churches are parents in other words, families with students in youth ministry
What’s Jethro Got To Say?
3 Pieces of Advice From Moses’ Father-In-Law
3 Things I Did Wrong In 17 Years Of...
But those three categories of failures are slowly disappearing. I learned the hard way they have no place in my ministry
Phantom Community: What’s the Power of...
“Someday, someday soon, but certainly not now, I’d like to learn to have a conversation.”
How We Unknowingly Sabotage Short-Term...
We sabotage our short-term mission trips by not thinking through how our work affects the locals hosting us
FREE Chapter: Sticky Faith Service Guide
leaders and students must spend more time before, during, and after service projects preparing
Book: Cultural Captives
Evangelicals are beginning to trade the core and eternal truth of Christ for captivity to the world.
Book: “Storify: Speaking To...
Solid resource, especially for someone who hasn’t had a ton of instruction on speaking/preaching to teenagers
Crafting Memorable Messages
Here are a few sites that help me shape messages
Three Thoughts On How To Design A...
A ministry strategy is how a church will accomplish the mission of making disciples
Four Essentials To A Simple Ministry...
Good strategy almost always looks simple and obvious and does not take a thick deck of PowerPoint slides to explain
Teaching Hard Truths In Middle School
For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears…
4 Ways To Move Middle School Students
There is virtually nothing static about a middle school student. There shouldn’t be anything static about your talk
10 Youth Pastor Expectations For...
You and I walk into a church with expectations of our own
20 Expectations Churches Have From Youth...
Most Youth Pastors are ill prepared to tackle all of the unsaid, assumed expectations
Five Common Reasons Church Members...
Burnout is common with so many church members. But it does not have to be
Stop Believing These Lies About...
We as leaders must deal with our struggles, just like everyone else…We are just as human as everyone else
The Unspeakable Pain, Hope, Failures,...
As a youth pastor we’re suppose to have the right things to say in moments like this…
ReligionIn America
An Interview With Greg Smith of the Pew Research Center by Ed Stetzer
Tips For Better Youth Ministry Games
7 Pro-Tips For Better Games In Your Youth Ministry
The Porn Phenomenon
The Explosive Growth of Pornography and How It’s Impacting Your Church, Life, and Ministry
Book: Your First 90 Days in a New Youth...
Your First 90 Days in a New Youth Ministry: A Simple Plan for Starting Right
Book: People Skills for Youth Pastors
33 Ways to Meet More People and Make a Bigger Difference in Youth Ministry
3 Pathways To Partnering With Parents
Helping parents disciple their kids
What Does Youth Ministry Have To Do With...
3 things that matter in ministry with youth that have a direct impact on the faith of adults
How Is Your New Year’s Resolution?
New Year’s Street Wisdom
by Victor Manuel Labrada
Some New Year’s street wisdom for y’all from someone who lost 75 pounds, gained 40 then…
Relational Evangelism And Church...
In Canada, a mainline denomination has announced that over the next 5 years, 1000 of their buildings will..
2015 Saw Most Violent Persecution Of...
“Christians, longing to stay in their home countries, are being forced to flee for their lives and for their children’s lives,”
Making Content Fit in Youth Ministry
Contextualization of content is the process that we go through in order to adapt content to…
Is Your Youth Group A Real Christian...
7 characteristics of Christian Community
Flashback: Sermon Preparation Process
Having a method or template for your sermon preparation can be really helpful and time-saving
Reach More Students By Doing Fewer...
“You have to do less if you want to grow more. And if you do more, chances are you will grow less.”…
FREE Children’s Ministry EBook!
110 of the best devotion ideas from Children’s Ministry Magazine in one easy-to-use book. Sign up!
Three Themes To Rotate Your Lessons...
Youth Ministry 101: Let’s Talk About What We Should Talk About
Have You Sent A College Student A Care...
College students who have contact with their youth leaders from their church tend to have Sticky Faith
Teens & Youth Pastors Struggle With...
Teen boys and girls view pornography weekly according to a study commissioned by the Josh McDowell Ministry
Habits Of Successful People [infographic...
Good and Bad Habits of Smart People from entrepreneur magazine
Why Daughters Need Their Dads
Fathers, more than anyone else, set the course for a daughter’s life
Flashbach: 9 Children’s Ministry...
A lot of material…there’s still enough preteen news to make this a worthy follow
Hey Kids, You’re Being Lied To About...
Only God himself can fix your problems by his grace, in relationship with Him and through meaningful relationships with others
Understanding The Modern Hookup Culture
“Students” are not finding the happiness and quality of life they are seeking by having numerous sexual liaisons
Practical Considerations For Teaching...
It is essential to understand sexuality as being a part of a bigger Story
How To Handle A Negative Youth Leader
Someone who’s always complaining, often against whatever you’re saying or proposing, taking others down with him or her?
Short Film To Teach Men What Manliness...
A boy will spend more time watching TV by 6 yrs old than he will spend talking to his father in his…
Doug Fields’ Top Ten Commitments For...
Commitments…if we pursue the right ones, our lives have purpose and meaning –without them, we spiral into confusion and despair
A Small Group Strategy For Middle School...
Each small group encounter with middle school kids involves what I call “40 minutes of hell.”
If You Want To Ensure Your Kids Will Be...
Teach your kids that connections are more important than commitment
One Of The Biggest Problems In Our...
As a dad you are your sons first hero and your daughters first love
10 Things To Include In A Parent...
Many newsletters have the throw-spaghetti-at-the-wall-and-see-what-sticks approach with very little intentionality
4 Obstacles To Your Students’...
Here are some of the main obstacles. . .and some thoughts on what you can do about lessening their impact
Canadian Youth Ministry Project Making...
The support I’ve received has been invaluable
Religion in 2015: Rise of the ‘...
Pew poll shows uptick in number of people not affiliated with any religion
Are You A Pure Youth Minister?
How to take advantage of the many hats youth ministers have to wear
A Helpful Way To Think About Your Call...
Why do we need a reminder? Because there are so many distractions in youth ministry
How To Maximize Your Ministry In The New...
Strategic initiatives for next year
Becoming A Better Leader In 2016
Here are 4 ways to develop as a leader in 2016
3 Points To Discuss With Teens About...
The anonymous messaging platforms that many teens use may not be anonymous, one expert says
The Church’s Enemy Number One:...
“I forgive them because they don’t know what they are doing,” “If they had love, they wouldn’t behave that way.”
Dear Church: An Open Letter From One Of...
I’m just going to tell you what’s true for me, and what I’ve seen to be true of others like me
The Heresy Of Worshiptainment
People are hungry. They are hungry for a diet of substance, not candy. More of the Word. Less of “religious toys and…
5 Things I Learned in 2015
We serve a God, who is all-knowing and ready to walk us through all the areas that we are blind to
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