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4 Types of Parents in Your Youth Ministry

Parents play an important role in discipling their teenagers, but there are 4 different types of parents.

Bible Reading, The Key To Success

I realize that this is the Sunday school answer here but.... it is the answer. In ten years of youth ministry I'm finally starting to get...

5 Things All Youth Pastors Wish Their Senior Pastor Knew

What do you want to tell your Senior Pastor? What is holding you back?

How Moses Turned Into a Great Leader (and You Can, Too!)

As you scan the records of history there are few leaders who measure up to Moses. Who else could lead 2 1/2 million complaining...

Mom, Can I Have Tik Tok?

Lip sync to your favorite song, show off your dance moves or post a funny video of your cat. Tik Tok is like Vine...

5 Steps to Finding Family in Your Community

Everything you do as a pastor depends on your emotional and spiritual health.

Questions for John Piper, Louis Giglio, Francis Chan and Beth Moore about Passion 2012

The blogosphere is raging around the grand finish of Louis Giglio's Passion 2012 where Piper, Giglio, Chan and Moore led thousands of 20-somethings (mainly)...

3 Ways to Kickstart Your Students’ Spiritual Growth

2016 is here. Get your students ready to have a year like no other.

10 Ways to Identify and Develop Missionaries From Your Student Ministry

Just as we would prepare a young man to be a pastor by giving him opportunities to lead a Bible study, we can prepare students to become missionaries by giving them opportunities to be involved in missions now.

Write Your Name on the Wall

Want people to remember your name for time and eternity? Here's how.

4 Money Mistakes Youth Pastors Make

Here are the four most common money mistakes I see when I help youth workers manage their budgets.

6 Things I Learned About COMPASSION…

You really never understand a ministry until you see how they function in their ministry setting. Looking from a distance will never give you...

Teens and Church: Is It Worth the Battle?

Do you force attendance and run the risk of making your teenager even angrier with you, the church and maybe even God?

20 Tips to Spice Up Bible Teaching

"We get in the habit of teaching the same basic structure of a lesson over and over again," says Andy Blanks.

6 Questions To Ask Your Youth Pastor

Evaluation is important; it’s the way to growth.

What to Do When Your Child Has Thoughts of Suicide

Suicide is not something anyone wants to think about, much less become familiar with, but when you're child expresses thoughts of suicide, you may not know what to do. Here's what you as a parent can do for your child.

The Game Changing App for Teen Evangelism You’ve Been Waiting For

Imagine if you could give the teens in your youth group an app that made teen evangelism and sharing the Gospel both easy and engaging. The 6 words app is just that.

What Purpose-Driven Means to Generation Z

Clearly a purpose-driven church is needed now more than ever. But do our purposes align with theirs in a way that would prove attractive? You might be surprised.

Please Don’t Give Them Porn for Christmas

This Christmas a lot of children will receive pornography from under the tree. It's not what they wanted, and not what their parents intended for them to have.

How to Take Care of Introverts in Your Ministry

Here are some thoughts on how youth ministry can take care of introverts at a party based on what I’m picking up from Susan Cain's recently released new book: Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts (A guide for KIDS and TEENS).
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UPDATE: Dr. Bryan Chapell Retires as PCA Stated Clerk ‘Effectively Immediately’

The administrative committee of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) announced on Friday, June 6, that it has accepted Dr. Bryan Chapell's request to retire as stated clerk "effectively immediately."
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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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