Chris Folmsbee
Chris is the chief ministries officer at YouthFront, a ministry designed to bring youth into a growing relationship with Jesus. He's the author of A New Kind of Youth Ministry and the upcoming books Clear: Bringing Your Faith into Focus and Story Signs and Sacred Rhythms: A Narrative Approach to Youth Ministry. Chris also has a regular column in the The Journal of Student Ministries and speaks to and trains youth workers and students throughout North America. He's been involved in youth work for more than 13 years as a youth pastor, coach, and high school teacher. Chris lives with his wife, Gina, and their three children in Kansas City, Kansas.
Pastors
Overwhelming Leadership Muscles for Development
You cannot grow physical muscles without the muscles being overwhelmed. Your muscles need resistance and challenges to grow. The same is true for leadership muscles.
Articles for Worship & Creative
8 Steps Toward Next Level Worship
I love leading God’s people in worship. I have been blessed to have led Sunday worship teams at home and around the world for over 30 years. Here are a few things that I have learned along the way.
Articles for Outreach & Missions
Outreach Checklist: 7 Church Growth Paradigms
I speak with churches often who want to grow and they contact me wanting suggestions of how to do so. In doing so, I often tell them there are some church growth paradigms they need to make sure they have.
Articles for Pastors
The Second Coming – 4 Lessons From Parable of the Bridesmaids
Using the parable of the bridesmaids Jesus Himself instructed us to “keep awake” and be aware of the signs of the times.
Pastors
An Eternal Perspective Brings Us Great Comfort in Grief
Our grief has an expiration date. The world as it is now is under the curse, but God will lift it once and for all: “No longer will there be any curse” (Revelation 22:3). No more sin. No more cancer. No more dementia. No more suffering. No more death.
Pastors
Leaders Can’t Avoid Conflict—It’s How You Handle It That Matters
Conflict is inevitable but divisiveness is avoidable. How we handle human conflict determines whether the outcome is unity or division.
Articles for Children's Ministry Leaders
Healthy Habits: Instilling Values of Kindness and Respect
Learn how children's ministry workers and parents can build healthy habits such as kindness and respect in kids.
Christian News
ERLC Trustees Reaffirm Brent Leatherwood’s Leadership in First Meeting Since Firing Fiasco
On Tuesday, Sept. 10, trustees of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), which is the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), met for the first time since the firing and subsequent retraction of the firing of ERLC president and CEO, Brent Leatherwood.
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