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How to Use Instagram Stories for Connecting With Your Youth Ministry

Social media is one crucial way of reaching students and parents today in our digital world. One simple way to reach a ton of people is by using instagram—particularly instagram stories.

Breaking the Addiction to Porn

If you need one: Jimmy Needham is an ambassador of Christ disguised as a musician. However, Jimmy is also willing to talk about who he used to be: a young man struggling with an addiction to pornography.

What to Do When a Teen is Suicidal

If you’re in youth ministry, you will inevitably encounter a teen who is at least somewhat suicidal. It’s a scary thing that must be taken seriously.

Jesus: Sexually Objectified and Assaulted for Us

We don’t talk often about the fact that Jesus was crucified naked. But we should.

Maximizing Mentoring Relationships in Your Youth Ministry

Encouraging healthy mentoring relationships between students and adults is crucial in youth ministry. If a ton of students show up at your youth group,...

How to Stop Being a Hamster in the Ministry Wheel

Do you ever feel like a hamster in a wheel?

The Statistics You Need to Know if You Work with Gen Z

A new Barna study finds Gen Z is more atheistic and skeptical of absolute truth and faith.

How to Do Youth Ministry With the Most Exhausted Generation

We're dealing with the most stressed-out, overscheduled, underslept generation of teenagers in history, and it's starting to show.

A Letter to an Indecisive Student

"You are probably all too aware of this every time someone asks: 'What are your plans after graduation?'"

Is Your Youth Ministry a Dry Wasteland?

God is doing something new, and He has already begun. He is making a path.

An Incarnational Youth Ministry

"With the help of the Holy Spirit, we are called to mirror this incarnational relationship with our students."

The Awe of Christmas

It is the most wonderful time of the year, not because of us, but because of him.

How to Serve Parents in Youth Ministry

Helping parents of your students could be one of the most important tasks you perform.

3 Ways You Can Gift Your Volunteers This Christmas

Here are three ideas for gifting your volunteers this Christmas.

10 Books Every Christian Teenager Should Read

Book suggestions for the teen in your life this Christmas.

Your Youth Ministry Christmas Wish List

Some ideas of what to ask for this year.

Escape the Flawed History of Youth Ministry

Why some of the bad markers of past youth ministries don't have to mark its future.
Testament

New Angel Studios Series ‘Testament’ Depicts the Book of Acts From...

Angel Studios is set to release a new series titled “Testament." It tells the accounts found in the Book of Acts—but set in a modern fictional world.
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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