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Discipleship Is Not a Program

Discipleship is first of all relational; it requires time spent building in relationship, learning and growing and worshipping together. Generational connection has to be more than just someone who volunteers to teach a class or host a club once a week.

6 Netflix Shows to Binge Watch With Tweens

Some of the best options for younger students to check out on Netflix.

4 Simple Ways You Can Engage Parents

Work hard to engage parents, and you'll see the positive results in your youth ministry.

Youth Ministry Management: 10 Key Principles (Part 1)

We may not always like it, but part of our job as youth leader is to manage our youth ministry. For some of us,...

Why Diversity Matters

How seeking difference can make the Gospel shine brighter.

Eating Together: The Key to Bonding with Your Small Group

When we started as youth small group leaders in our church, we didn’t know any of the young people. We’d been visiting this church...

Outsourcing Friendships: 2 Ways Youth Pastors Can Find Friends

Via the Slant33.com blog Brian Berry, Michelle Lang and I all were asked to answer this question:  How do you find safe friendships at church when...

The One Surprising Thing My Daughter Remembered Most About My Parenting

"I’ll never forget what she shared because it was so powerful to me."

4 Tips for Engaging Students in the Bible

When teaching from a particular passage, be sure to give the greater context.

Woodlawn Star Tells Teens: I Gave Up Football to Pursue a Bigger Dream

Castille recalls he had other opportunities in the acting industry, but he “didn’t want to compromise.”

Jesus-Centered, Evangelism-Driven, Prayer-Saturated Youth Ministry

I’m convinced that discipleship is a by-product of a youth group being focused on Jesus, driven by evangelism and engaged in intercessory prayer. When...

The Power of Gen Z

As children's ministry leaders, reaching Gen Z should be our top priority.  As we equip them and teach them how they can truly make a big impact with God,  they can change their generation and who knows...maybe the entire world.

I Got on TikTok for You and Here’s What I Found Out

TikTok is one of the fastest growing social media platforms in our country today. It has recently been given an unusual spotlight at the top government level as a place of potential information harvesting by foreign countries.

10 Simple Ways to Remember Names

How are you at remembering names? Doug Fields offers 10 practical suggestions to help.

7 Ways to Serve Your Local Schools

School is in full swing for the fall. Here's how you can be involved.

20 Tips to Spice Up Your Next Bible Study

We can get in the habit of teaching the same basic structure of a lesson over and over again.

How to Create a Social Media Plan for Your Ministry

Rachel Blom lays out the important points in creating a plan for your social media.

Being a Family Is an Art and the Dinner Table Is Where It Finds Expression

Interestingly, when families do eat together the average dinnertime is 15 minutes. In the 1960, the average family dinnertime was 90 minutes.

Why You Should Leverage the Influence of Grandparents

Aside from my parents, my maternal grandparents have been the single most important spiritual influence in my life
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Doug Wilson’s Christ Church, on ‘A Mission to Babylon,’ Plans To...

Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, led by controversial Pastor Doug Wilson, is planting a church in Washington, D.C., that is set to launch July 13. Wilson announced the church plant in a May 12 blog post titled, “A Mission to Babylon.”
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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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