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…
Perhaps the most neglected area of youth work is ministry to fathers.
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?…
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?…
Last winter I conducted an anonymous online survey of teens. The survey results serve as the foundation behind my second book for teen girls, which is currently in the works. But what I gleaned from one particular question is something…
If God is the one who saves, and if we are dead in our sins without His power, then prayer is not just a last ditch effort – it is our only hope.
A Follow Up to Jonathan Mansur’s “Four Types of Involvement in Parent Ministry” Youth ministry has had a shaky relationship with parents. For far too long, the stereotype of youth ministry has consisted of zany young adults leading…
This article is the fourth in our series, ‘What Youth Pastors Would Like to Tell Parents.’ Often, youth ministers gain a perspective on the lives of the teens they walk alongside that differs from that of their parents;…
Recently a student, timid and with a broken voice, told me that he didn’t believe God could ever use him because he “wasn’t good enough.” Other students tell me that they believe God will always be distant because…
