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Bible Study for Middle Schoolers: What You Need to Know Now

There are a few key things you should focus on in your Bible study with teens.

11 Ways to Maximize Your Youth Group Lessons

Do your youth group lessons often seem longer than teenagers’ attention spans? If you’re like most youth leaders, the list of valuable messages you...

Helping Your Teenagers Process Horrific Mass Shootings

When traumatic events happen, it provides an opportunity to speak into young lives in a deep and meaningful way.

How to Grow a Youth Ministry

Are you sabotaging the growth and health of your youth ministry?

Use These Family Dinner Questions to Engage With Kids During Meals

The quality of family dinner conversations is a great litmus test for relational health. I’m a big believer in prioritizing meals together and aiming...

How to Use “Amazing Race” Ideas for a Youth Group Event

I'm a huge fan of The Amazing Race. My wife and I have talked about applying to the TV show for years but have...

Is Youth Ministry Still Relevant?

A scenario I see playing out in a lot of churches around the country is the phasing out of student ministries. There is a notion out there that says youth ministry isn’t relevant to the Church any longer.

Christian Teens and Sex: 6 Key Teaching Tips for Youth Leaders

Nervous about teaching on teens and sex? Sex is an amazing gift that the enemy has taken and used for evil.

Putting an End to Youth Lock-ins

It's time to stop doing youth lock-ins at your church.

How An Unspoken Justin Bieber Joke Taught Me To Treat Everyone As An Image-Bearer

Sure, Justin Bieber is one of the most famous people on the planet. He’s used to being ridiculed, joked about and criticized. That’s the price of fame.

How Your Students’ Sleep Deprivation Is Affecting Your Ministry

Sleep deprivation is a very real problem that very often leads to other very real problems. It's not something we should lift up or tacitly encourage.

3 Ways We Parents Wrongly Teach Kids to Earn God’s Approval

As parents we hate to see our kids live with the burden of trying to gain approval. Or worrying if they are going to be accepted by their looks, their dress, their performance. Or struggling with the pain of wondering if others will love and accept them.

How Will She Relate to the Guys?: Thoughts on Women in Youth Ministry

I've heard a question asked by curious and well-meaning board members, camp directors, youth pastors, and leaders when hiring a female youth leader or speaker.

The Rise of Relational Pornography

May we be the antidote to the growing pandemic of relational pornography.

iGeneration and iDentity

The iGeneration isn't logging onto social media to argue about politics, post memes, or catch-up with long lost friends. They're logging on to find themselves – to form, shape, and define their identity.

Intergenerational Valentine’s Day Ideas for Church and Home

Valentines’ Day is just around the corner. For some, this is cause for great rejoicing because the day brings lots of love and chocolate. #Valentine'sDay

Meet Generation C

Generation C will set a new precedent for physical interaction, making normal signs of intimacy – like hugging – abstract and normalizing virtual attendance at events and in classes.

Six Core Things Teens Need From the Church

Without a focus on discipleship, churches send teens into an anti-Christian, opinionated, and volatile society, armed with little more than a good time instead of discipleship and truth.

5 Ways to Help People Through Grief

We are members of a group of people who have frequent exposure to the grief, loss and joy as it’s experienced through kids and teenagers.

Lessons From Hybrid Youth Ministry

Like the engine in a hybrid vehicle, having two ministry modes allows instant “plan B.” If a teen (or our state) suddenly needs to participate virtually, we make the shift.
The Chosen wine

Was There Alcohol in Jesus’ Wine? ‘The Chosen’ Takes the World...

Wine is mentioned around 200 times in the Bible. But how was it different than the wine produced today? In "More To The Story," the creators of "The Chosen" recently explored this question.
Joby Martin

Joby Martin: What Happens When Pastors Finally Understand Grace

Joby Martin joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to discuss what happens when a church leader has truly been run over by the “grace train" and understands the profound love and grace of God.

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