“You can’t have change and comfort simultaneously.” A friend shared this Steven Furtick quote with me near the end of high school and it has proved so very true in my life. Or, instead of change, you could…
Resting in the good news that God in his mercy saves us from our sin and uses us in our weakness frees us to soak in the gospel of grace throughout each day in ministry.
So you’re relatively new to youth ministry, what are the first things you do? Plan the Bible studies, check Recruit youth volunteers, check Try to keep the youth from destroying the furniture in the fellowship hall, check Take…
Oh, the ways we mystify and complicate discipleship. I am absolutely guilty of this in my youth ministry career, and I pray this article will be a beginning of repentance, although I have a long way to go….
It’s a new year and that means an opportunity to start fresh. Right about now, rounding the corner to February, we start feeling like the goals we set for ourselves a month ago might not pan out the…
I wanted to pass on these quotes from an underrated yet outstanding youth ministry book. Ken Moser’s book Changing the World Through Effective Youth Ministry offers a strong outline for the foundations of a fruitful, Gospel-centered, discipleship-making youth ministry….
Be encouraged: You have credibility. What you do is important; it is serious business. You have authority in your space. But from where does this authority and credibility come?
This series seeks to provide comfort and guidance for new youth ministers. The series includes narratives from youth ministers in their first year of ministry and advice from veteran youth ministers to rookies. So how am I feeling…
This series seeks to provide comfort and guidance for new youth ministers. The series includes narratives from youth ministers in their first year of ministry, perspectives from those who just have finished their first year, and advice from…
