One of the parts I like least about student ministry is conflict resolution. I never enjoy sitting in a room with upset parents, mediating issues between students or dealing with crises that happen in students’ lives. More often…
After Rooted’s 2013 annual conference, Rooted chairman Cameron Cole shared reasons to attend a Gospel-centered youth conference: 1.) Everyone needs to be reminded of the Gospel again and again and again. 2). No ministry has it all together;…
Perhaps the most important thing that was being pushed in my early years of ministry was the construction of vision, purpose and mission statements. I don’t know if anyone understood the difference between the three; however, you presumably had to have each of them. It also seemed,…
Ebenezer Student Ministries Mission Statement: Our student ministry seeks to partner with parents as we disciple students for God’s glory. Our context: partnership with parents Seventy percent of our student ministry volunteers are parents, myself included. (My daughter…
“We exist to exalt Christ in the city, through gospel-centered worship, discipleship, community, and mission.” Strategy This mission statement isn’t our student ministry’s — it’s our church’s. I believe the mission of “big church” should find its…
Our mission statement for our student ministry is short: Teaching, Developing, Engaging. It sums up in essence everything we try to do to impact students, their families, their schools and our community. Behind this mission statement are the four…
A few years ago one of my youth leaders remarked that working with middle and high school students is a lot like being Alan Shepard. Intrigued, I asked him to explain, and he said, “Shepard was the first…
Rooted’s 2014 conference is still a few months away, but attendees are already signed up from 13 different states and two countries. The New York City conference Oct. 9-11 is an opportunity to meet fellow youth ministers of…
If you’ve attended a youth ministry conference before where your only really meaningful conversation was with your roommate, that’s not Rooted. Rooted’s conferences are structured to give youth pastors opportunities to engage with dozens of other participants. Because…
