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Kids: The Overlooked Victims of the Opioid Crisis

These startling statistics make one thing quite clear: The chances that every youth leader has at least one child or teen in their program that has been touched by the opioid crisis is high.

Did the Resurrection Really Happen?

For Christians, everything hangs on the Resurrection. So how do you answer students' questions about this event?

4 Essential Aspects of the Sex Talk With Teenagers

"The kitchen table and living room are perhaps the best places for this discussion."

The Music Tour Your Youth Group Can Afford and Your Teens Actually Want to See

This could be the largest, cheapest, and unheard of 5 hour annual youth gathering that encourages and equips the younger generation to take the good news of Jesus Christ all over the world.

4 Simple Ways to Be a More Effective Speaker

How to improve your communication ability.

Easy Ways to Create Welcoming Environments

One of the most overlooked elements in a youth group gathering is creating welcoming environments.

Teens and Spiritual Gifts: How to Help Discover Them

Teens and spiritual gifts: Part of discipleship is helping a believer discover and use their spiritual gifts.

5 Reasons Jesus Would Be Fired If He Was Your Youth Pastor

I am convinced Jesus would be fired within his first few months of becoming a youth pastor at the average church. Here are five reasons why He wouldn't make it.

Where Young Adults Like to Have Spiritual Conversations

The "third place" is a good spot for deep conversations.

How to Create a Youth Ministry Scorecard

A youth ministry scorecard focuses on the precise development of a vision, mission and quantifiable objectives to track progress against those goals.

The Death and Resurrection of Youth Ministry

Youth ministry must "die" in its current form for it to experience a glorious resurrection.

6 Reasons Ministry Is Harder Than It Used to Be

Six reasons ministry is harder than it used to be and one reason there's still plenty of hope.

Generation Z … Parenting Pro Tips for Their Millennial Parents

Are you a parent raising, or youth pastor leading, Generation Z kids?

The Continually Critical Parent: How Teachers and Ministers Can Engage Them

Dealing with a constantly critical parent who just can't seem to say anything nice.

How to Help Parents of Teens Who Don’t Want to Go to Church

Are your kids bored with and don't want to go to church? Young teens have a passionate need to be valued and noticed.

True Love Waits: Suggestions for a More Holistic Purity Culture

We were wrong about purity culture. It was damaging and repressive.

Youth Pastor: Are You a Controversy Addict?

Are you a controversy addict? For some of us, this rush of ‘rightness’ and ‘winning’ can subversively become the primary mover in our lives and as such becomes a true addiction.

‘I Still Believe’ Tops List of Romantic Movies for 2020

Upcoming Christian movie “I Still Believe” tops Seventeen.com’s list of “7 Most Romantic Movies Premiering in 2020.” “I Still Believe,” the #1 movie on...

Life-Changing Retreats: 5 Tips for Planning

I have written down five things that I consider vital to pulling off life-changing retreats.
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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