Youth ministry is noisy. For students, there is the noise of events, the youth band, the youth pastor teaching, and the reminders of future events that daily pop up on their social media feeds. For student ministers, there…
I love John Piper. As a seminarian, Brothers, We Are Not Professionals was incredibly formative in developing what Scripture says about the pastorate. (It’s on the list of books that I recommend to aspiring pastors; so this is…
Fruit in Youth Ministry is sometimes a rare thing to see; but when we do eventually see it, it is a reminder that all of our labor and toil is not in vain.
Back by popular demand, the Rooted Student Series gives high school and college students a chance to share how the Gospel is transforming their lives. We think you will agree that youth leaders and parents can learn a…
Andy Stanley has caused quite the buzz over the last two months. In a recent sermon series entitled, “The Aftermath,” he made a number of statements about Christians needing to “unhinge” themselves from the Old Testament Law because…
Youth ministry is uncomfortable. It was jarring to be asked about the problem of evil for the first time as a student minister. Or the time I sat stunned and silent as I tried to cobble together an…
While teaching during youth group or Sunday School, a common occurrence is for a student to raise his or her hand and ask a question that is completely off-topic. This happens in every youth ministry and can be…
I’ve been a youth pastor for almost seven years, and in that seven years I’ve noticed a contradiction in people’s expectations of me. One week someone will remind me that student ministry is significant and needed in the…
In the past several years that I’ve served as a youth pastor, I’ve noticed a concerning trend. We have three Sunday morning services, with Sunday School meeting during the second and third services. As our student ministry has…
