It is crucial that we prepare the students in our Youth Ministry to defend their faith. Where do you start? What are the most important issues? Dr. Jamie Dew gives practical advice to make sure your students’ faith doesn’t get washed away when they leave your ministry. Put on your thinking caps, in this episode…
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What if we’ve confused the mission? What if we are treating the starting line as the finish line? What is the mission after-all? I’m afraid we often do this. Let me explain…
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Should you focus on teaching doctrine and theology in Youth Ministry? In this episode David Hanson, from TheYouthMinistryBlog.com, and I tackle why you should, how to go about it, and where to start. You’ll also hear about David’s fascination with pulling teeth on mission trips and how God used a Chemistry class to call him…
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In the last post I gave you 20 expectations churches have from Youth Pastors on day one. Today I’m looking at the other side. You and I walk into a church with expectations of our own. To be transparent, most are a fairy tale at best, and would be nearly impossible to obtain even with the…
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While it may sound a little wrong, or even feel a little funny to say, there is a real need to market your Youth Ministry to students. With so many options and so little time, how do you effectively market your ministry to students? That’s what Amber Cassady from Simply Youth Ministry and Group Mission…
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I believe that one of the reasons Youth Pastors struggle for longevity and tend to burn out so quickly are the expectations that are present from day one. It has been my experience that most Youth Pastors are ill prepared to tackle all of the unsaid, assumed expectations of being a Youth Pastor. Most of…
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