Cameron Cole, Jon Nielson, and Kori Porter on the Strengths Millennials Bring to Your Church
In this conversation, three experienced youth and campus ministers counteract some negative stereotypes and emphasize the positives about millennials.
In this conversation, three experienced youth and campus ministers counteract some negative stereotypes and emphasize the positives about millennials.
A few weeks ago I served for the last time at Grace Fellowship Church, the church I found as a high school senior looking for churches near Loyola University in Baltimore. My belonging to a church for six…
One of Rooted’s five pillars of lasting, effective, gospel-centered youth ministry is the intergenerational integration of teenagers within the larger body of the church. Up next on our bookshelf is Chap Clark’s upcoming book, Adoptive Church (out October…
When she was about seven years old, my youngest developed a unique relationship with an elderly woman in our church. Her relationship with “Miss Wanda” began when the two discovered they both had an appreciation for yard work,…
In the last decade, youth ministry has seen a movement away from the historical focus on law and morality, toward the proclamation of the gospel: the Good News that God loves and redeems sinners through Christ. However,…
There’s hardly anything more thrilling for a teenager than a day at a theme park with their buddies. What teenager doesn’t like the idea of meeting up with his friends, carrying a few extra bucks in his pocket,…
There is an overlooked principle that needs to be considered in the church as we think about youth ministry. It is rather simple and yet I would consider it a game changer. When missed, the results can be…
We want to feel necessary. We want to feel important. An easy way to fill these desires as a youth worker is to make our youth ministries about us. We even do what I just did — call…
In one sense, what we do as youth ministers is unique in the world of church ministry. Our job definitely includes some of the most fun – and perhaps, also, the most heartbreak. But in another sense, our…