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5 Skills Every Youth Ministry Volunteer Needs

The first skill our adult volunteer leaders need to have is the ability to teach for transformation.

How to Take Your Small Groups Deeper

Stronger groups go beyond the curriculum, the allotted meeting time and space.

9 Tricks to Crank Up Your Creativity

A few tricks that help stretch creative muscles.

Why the Church Needs Loyal Radicals

Loyal radicals are grass roots leaders who are passionate about mission and change, but are totally committed to the church (or organization) they belong to and are working for change from within.

6 Reasons Why You Should Change Your Pace

Summer is a great chance to slow down and try some new things in a season when attendance fluctuates greatly.

How Jazz-Parenting Saved This Ministry Family

When you write a new song for your family's life, sometimes you make it up as you go along.

3 Action Steps Toward Developing Student Leaders

I prefer for the adult leaders to minimize their role and allow the students to “step-up.”

10 Ways to Help Young People Pursue Dreams

Tony Morgan's life-tested tips to Millennials on how to experience their future dreams.

How to Help Teenagers See a 3-D Jesus

Your students can't hear Jesus teach, so they must hear Scripture.

10 Common Misconceptions of Leadership

There are many misconceptions about leadership.

Who Takes The Blame in Youth Ministry?

When something doesn’t go as originally planned, the temptation is to find a scapegoat.

How to Spend More Time With Students This Summer

Like many student pastors, I struggle with finding time to hang out with students.

4 Things That Should Be in Your Next Message

If your ministry role requires you to speak, preach or teach on a regular basis, you probably find yourself speaking on a wide variety of topics.

5 Ways to Quickly Improve Your Leadership

Leaders have to push themselves before they can fully help others reach their potential.

3 Common Youth Ministry Pitfalls

Handle church financial stuff well. Keep clear boundaries with the opposite sex. Have integrity when it comes to the staff covenants you sign.

My Defense for the Messy Youth Pastor

Messy youth leaders are so busy equipping their student and adult leaders to make and multiply disciples that they don’t have time to do an office overhaul.

How to Build Your Youth Ministry Identity

Your ministry needs identity because identity shows value.

5 Reasons Why Staff Leave Churches

Making a ministry move is not a bad thing.

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.

Articles for Youth Leaders