Youth Leaders Blogs

Youth Discipleship: 5 Essential Reminders for Your Ministry Team

Here’s a few things I’ve challenged our team to keep in mind when discipling.

What Is Youth Ministry?: A Clear Biblical Community Definition

Scripture attests over and over again that the Christian life isn't meant to be lived or cultivated in solitude. In fact, “incubator for discipleship” is the biblical community definition.

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.

Book Review: Building a Discipling Culture

Every now and then you read a book that changes your life. It doesn’t happen often, but it happened to me this weekend as...

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,...

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...

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...