Several weeks ago, a woman in our church shared her testimony with the senior high group. It was one of the best talks I’ve ever heard at Sunday night youth group. Ironically, it was the first time this…
“Gospel-centered youth ministry is great in theory, but is it effective at building lifelong disciples?” To be honest, this is a question I’ve asked with increasing frequency, especially as our typical way of doing ministry has been sidelined….
Allow me to state the obvious: it has been a long time since we have met together with our churches and with the students in our ministries. I am sure that none of us, as we prepared our…
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As a student minister, one of your roles as the primary spiritual leader of your ministry area is to lead in faithful Bible teaching.
Happy New Year! Over the course of the next eight days we will be counting down the eight most-read articles from 2019. We hope you enjoy reviewing the posts that resonated with our readers; for a list of…
Come January, I will have been in youth ministry for ten years, two of those as an intern and eight as full-time staff. Recently, I transitioned from a church in Oklahoma City where I’ve been a member and…
Several weeks ago, our youth ministry celebrated “one year” of gathering officially. For one year we have met to pray and to study God’s word, trusting that the Holy Spirit is growing us into full maturity in Christ…
When my son was eight years old, he participated in a poetry reading at his school. Friends and family came to support these budding writers and dramatic readers, and just like all the proud parents, I couldn’t wait…
