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Students Leaving Their Faith

Much has been made of the “students leave their faith after high school” statistic in the past few months. Multiple books are coming...

Lead Me

  To lead is to serve. To lead is to listen. To lead is to suffer. To lead is to give. To lead is to offer yourself. To lead is...

Why “No” Is One Of The Most Important Words In Youth Ministry

Guest Post by Chris WesleyIf you’ve been a youth minister for more than a week, you probably know what it’s like to bite...

Do You Need VISION for Your Life?

I'm constantly thinking about my future. And sometimes I am overcome by fear. Often I share the same fear Tony does, that...

5 Boundaries to Keep You From Moral Failure

Doug Fields talks about raising the bar as youth workers, building in boundaries, and protecting yourself.

Free Youth Media Study: Generation M2

A comprehensive study on media in the lives of 8 to 18 year olds.

Why Volunteers Small Group Leaders Should Send Parent Letters!

By sending a small group update to parents of my small group students each week: - I’ve built friendships with parents where there was not...

Commander's Intent

“…make disciples of all nations…” Matthew 28:19 It has been said that every military battlefield plan falls apart upon contact with the enemy. These...

Church Politics and Youth Ministry

Matt and Doug always deliver god youth ministry content – their Youth Ministry Daily (free) email is loaded with great insight and ...

You’ve Got to Want It

Ministry isn’t family friendly. I know people in youth ministry from the “biggest and best churches” in America. And I know people in youth...

3 Ways to Add Creativity to Your Youth Ministry

Creative environments, learning activities and games create an amazing atmosphere for many thriving youth ministries.

A New Job Description for Youth Leaders

Youth workers should be women and men of God before program directors.

Rebranding the Great Commission

"It’s time to rebrand the Great Commission for a postmodern generation," says Greg Stier.

People Pleasing

There is a huge difference between being a peacemaker and a peacekeeper. The Bible tells us to be peacemakers. Some people confuse this...

Generation to Generation: YOU Need A Small Group!

Each week we’ll be writing about different ways that we, as leaders, can effectively be examples to our students, and we’ll...

Getting Away from Pendulum Thinking

Our culture is dominated by pendulum thinking. We have a tendency to think in extremes. There’s something in our cultural make-up which makes...

How Invested Are You REALLY?

Sometimes things converge in meaningful and unexpected ways and you are given some insight or vantage point you might not have had ...

Free Leadership Training Resource

Raise up students leaders who can transform those around them.

The Influence of Technology in Our Lives

“The technology is rewiring our brains,” said Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute of Drug Abuse and one of the ...

The iBible

Hilarious (infomercial) video about new technology for reading the Bible.

Remains of Pastor’s Wife and Friend Identified; OK County GOP Chair...

News surfaced this week that Tifany Machel Adams is the GOP chair for Cimarron County, Oklahoma. Adams is one of four suspects charged with kidnapping and murdering pastor's wife Jilian Kelley and Kelley's friend Veronica Butler.

Rebecca McLaughlin on Whether Christians Can Agree To Disagree About Same-Sex...

Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how church leaders can respond to common arguments that use the Bible to affirm same-sex relationships, the “why” behind God’s design for marriage, and the “beautiful and glorious vision” Christianity has for friendship.

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