Youth ministry can be challenging, but you don’t have to navigate it alone. That’s why we’ve built this youth ministry blog. We want to equip you with practical, gospel-centered content that simplifies leadership and strengthens student discipleship. Whether you need curriculum insights, teaching strategies, or leadership development, you’ll find actionable tools to help you lead well and avoid burnout.
Our blog covers three core areas:
Each post includes relevant tags for easy searchability. Whether you’re leading a large student ministry or discipling a handful of teenagers in a small church, these resources will help you lead with confidence.
Use the search bar below to find exactly what you need, or scroll to explore the latest posts. Wherever you are in your youth ministry journey, we’re here to help you lead students toward lasting faith—without sacrificing your own.
Do you believe the Word of God? Seems like a simple, straight forward question with a predictable response in return – coming from people who are giving their lives to the proclamation of scripture. But, let’s be honest. Culture is subtly yet constantly filling our ears with the messages of:
I’ve rarely met a partner in ministry who would recount their situation regarding volunteer workers as being one of overflow. Typically, there is some felt need surrounding either the quantity and/or the quality, of the leaders who are seeking to step into the sheep pin with us. On the one
Like most youth workers, the season of COVID youth ministry was a weird one for me. In some ways, I found myself growing as a youth pastor as I learned new ways to innovate in an attempt to keep students connected. But in other ways, I spent that core 15-month
During the 2020 presidential election campaign, there was a new face that managed to achieve relative prominence in the world of politics almost out of nowhere. Andrew Yang, an entrepreneur, burst onto the scene as a (super) long shot to win the Democratic nomination. He even managed to make it
Keeping students’ attention during the message can be incredibly difficult. This generation is so squirrely, aren’t they? In this blog post, I’ll share something I’ve learned about keeping students’ attention. We Lean Away From The Problem One of the coolest things about growing up in the generation I grew up
Recently, my 32 year old husband woke me up before the dawn one morning, informing me that he needed to go to the hospital. My solid and steady man was uncharacteristically shaky and unstable as he fought to express that he wasn’t well, and that he had endured almost 10
August 9, 2021 — If you’re anything like me, you’ve been a Christian for a fairly long time. I mean…you don’t want to sound like a know-it-all…but you’ve been around the Jesus block a few times. Heck, apparently you’re so good at following Jesus, somebody decided to put you in charge of helping teenagers follow Jesus too!
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