The Vital Importance of Partnering With Parents in Youth Ministry
While youth workers do play a large role in the faith-formation of young people, we were never meant to be their primary disciplers, nor can we be.
While youth workers do play a large role in the faith-formation of young people, we were never meant to be their primary disciplers, nor can we be.
John Owen described the human heart as a fort in which our enemy of sin maintains its rebellion against God all our days.[1]Sin not only kicks and screams against our Creator, but it is the root of all…
Tuesday on the blog we discussed the what and the why of relational discipleship; today we will discuss the how. How can parents disciple their children? To be clear, there is no formula to cultivating children who walk…
One of my favorite aspects of being a middle school youth director is the opportunity to disciple girls in their walks with the Lord. However, I believe that parents are the primary tools that the Lord uses to…
Dear Youth Pastors, We are entering a new phase in our home with a freshman in high school. When I discuss this transition with other parents, we share a common urgency to evaluate what we have taught, shown,…
“I just don’t want my daughter to make the same mistakes I made. I fear she’ll be exposed to things she just shouldn’t be as a thirteen year-old,” said a mom in exasperation as we sat caddy-corner from…
Partnering with parents is a critical piece of youth ministry, but it can often be incredibly challenging. Either we just don’t know how, or we feel like “who are we to speak with any real authority to parents?”…
There comes a point as a student pastor when you realize that no matter how loudly and clearly you preach the gospel, the message your students hear at home is always heard more loudly and more clearly. As…
When it comes to partnering with parents in the discipleship of students…where do I even start? This question has characterized much of my experience in student ministry. Despite being zealous to partner with parents in ministry for some…