Tag Archive for youth ministry
10 Resources For Your Church To Fight...
Look at the resources and figure out which ones will work for your ministry
For Many Teens Formal Sex Education Is...
83% of teen girls who were sexually experienced didn’t get sex education until they’d lost their virginity
The Teen Brain. . . Figuring It Out. . .
A fascinating video that offers insights into the workings of the teen brain
Youth Ministry Is Messy. But It’s...
What I have learned over the years is what we all have learned at some point: youth ministry is messy
Who Goes to Church—and Why?
Not attending church: “I find God elsewhere” or “Church is not relevant to me personally”
You Got Into Youth Ministry Because God...
When people doubt you, when you doubt yourself, remember that you got into this because God called you to it
Flashback: 5 Reasons Parents in Your...
In one breath, you tell parents that they are the primary. . .and then you do little to to equip them
How To Capture The Hearts of Spiritually...
…train them to become people who are willing to give up everything to follow Him
Heaven Is For Real, Movie Claims
The kid says he sat in Jesus’ lap. He asked them to sing “We Will, We Will Rock You,” but they declined
The New Birds and Bees
They apply no morality to any of this, beyond the gross immorality of judgement and the intrinsic good of tolerance and autonomy
Flashback: 5 Reasons People Have Stopped...
Too many people have been burned by the judgmentalism of perpetually self-righteous Christians
Helping Your Kids Discover Their OWN...
Parents want their kids to discover their own faith but they don’t want to force faith on them
Why Teens Compulsively Use Social Media
To Live in a Fantasy World of No Consequences
What’s The Right Measure Of Youth...
…. I could generate excitement, but not urgency.
Connecting Students to God’s Mission
By Ed Stetzer: God is a missionary God
Engaging Culture in an Age of Hyper...
If we are called to be missional, we must engage cultural contexts, and this requires…
Young Catholic America: The Faith Lives...
If parents make faith important in kids teen years, they will probably keep the faith in their adult years
[ALERT] 1000′s of Homeless Teens...
Part of the adolescent journey is the quest to belong, to fit in…. to feel “at home”
The Updated Youth Ministry Burnout...
80% of youth workers believe their work contributes to unhealthy diet and exercise habits
Why Burnout Starts At Age 25 And How To...
Why ministry burnout is destroying young youth workers
The COMPLETE How And Why Behind Ministry...
If you know enough to realize you’re burning out, you already know enough to stop that from happening
10 Ways You Can Raise The Evangelistic...
Mobilizing teenagers to evangelize their peers can be a challenge
5 Keys to Preventing Burnout in Youth...
Burnout is one of the biggest issues facing Youth Ministry today
Over 70% Of Young People Never Read The...
The issue we are facing in the UK – where the context is very similar to Australia – is whether Christianity can…
Ministry Under Fire: Responding to...
Some people aren’t happy unless they are making someone else unhappy
Those “Bad” Nights In Youth Ministry...
You know the times when we come to youth programming, planned, prayed and ready and it all unravels?
Media Photoshop Fails and The Image of...
Leneita Fix: Real people are created in the image of our Risen Savior- not on a computer screen
3 Lies Youth Workers Tell Themselves
Josh Griffin: From time to time I’ve caught myself in a terrible lie
The Best Conversation Starters For...
Tips that will help you to better communicate with teens
3 Ways To Stop Being An Ineffective...
Youth Leader: Share the gospel. Share your life. Empower young people to do the same
8 Practical Ways for Family Ministries...
I think these are some areas that every church could improve as they work with families
How I’m Handling My High School Group...
you need to start with repentance for your….
When a Stay-At-Home Mom Needs Hired Help
Three kids, no job, and a nanny: Choosing humility instead of doing it all
The Message A Middle Schooler Probably...
I think we owe it to them to give them a break
The Upside/Downside of Using Parents as...
Rick Lawrence: So I asked our 180-member team of youth ministry advisors for their input…
The Power of Showing Up
Yet maybe our greatest impact occurs when we’re present for kids’ big moments
Student Ministry Battles
Don’t walk through your student ministry battles alone, God built you for community
How to Build Faith in Kids
Recently, I spent a few hours with Chap Clark in a SYMC breakout session and he helped refine
St. Patrick’s Bad Analogies
Light-hearted Yet Deep St. Patrick’s Day Lesson
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Livestream Simply Youth Ministry...
Here is the schedule. All of the big general sessions will be streaming live
The Newest Sticky Faith Resource
Can I Ask That? 8 Hard Questions About God And Faith Teenagers Are Asking
Stop “doing your own thing”
For whatever reason, those of us in kidmin just love writing curriculum
Andy Stanley Gives Guidelines For...
6 Guidelines for communicating the Scriptures to a Biblical illiterate, skeptical student
What The Best Student Ministries Are...
There’s no magic formula or secret model or huge budget to pull off an effective student ministry
Strategy For Transitioning Pre-Teens...
Some “Time Tips” you can do for a smooth transition
Flashback: Transitioning Preteens Into...
You don’t want to see them slip through the cracks in the transition, so what do you do?
Did the Abstinence Movement Actually...
What kind of impact might our culture have had on students if there had not been a sexual abstinence movement in
Flashback: Trafficking the Girl Next...
A 13-year-old Miami girl became one of the countless children to fall prey to a sex trafficking scheme
Healthy student ministries are culture...
Never let them forget that, in Christ, they can have a culture shaping influence
4 Characteristics of Biblical...
I we think there are some unique characteristics of Jesus’ model of discipleship that need to appear in our own processes
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