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He Said What to My Students? Picking the Right Speaker
Have you ever had to have the awkward conversation with your camp speaker? Most youth pastors at different times will invite someone in to speak to their students. The most common time for a guest is...
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Why We Need LGBT Role Models in the Church
We’re excited to have Julie Rodgers as one of our NYWC speakers. This blog post is a great start to the conversations she’ll be navigating in her seminars. Check out more information HERE. I was twelve...
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The Best Thing You Can Do For Your Ministry This Season
Most of us are frantically planning strategies, games, events, gimmicks, and whatever else we can think of to make this season the best yet in our ministries. We want to see more students come through...
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Fallen Servants
I had just returned home from a mission trip to Central America and I looked at the trending news and saw a headline that read “Megachurch Pastor Perry Noble Removed From Church.” My heart sank, and...
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Criticism in Youth Ministry: 6 Steps You Should Take
Criticism is a constant in ministry. How should we respond? Consider these six steps. If you’re like me, criticism often catches you off guard, tempting you to become defensive or angry. This is rarely...
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Grow Up
We’re excited to have Tim Baker as one of our NYWC speakers. Check out more information HERE. When my position at my church changed about eighteen months ago, I wasn’t prepared for the wave of newness...
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ARISE: Overcoming Barriers
August 19, 2016. A historic theatre in South Florida. An artist sharing Jesus in his own hip hop style. Over 100 youth and adults hands up, dancing, smiling, laughing. Three dedicated youth pastors of...
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Dangerous Volunteers: Understanding Signs of Sexual Abuse in Youth Ministry
He was supposed to be safe, or so she thought. He listened to her, calmed her fears about life, and made her feel important. Nonetheless, as he slid his hand up the back of her shirt, she felt...
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Does the average youth ministry meet a parent’s expectation?
When asked to list priorities and how effective a youth ministry is at meeting those priorities, parents responded in the following way: In terms of the youth pastor, parents rated their satisfaction...
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ARISE: 3 Reasons Youth Pastors Don’t Do Campus Ministry…And some friendly...
Many youth pastors never step foot onto the high school campus. This is a mistake. Although a battle takes place each week in our youth services, the war is taking place on the campus and in our...
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Help Parents Win with Digital Media AND their Teenagers
We’re excited to have Brad Griffin as one of our NYWC speakers. Join Brad at his seminar at NYWC on Saturday on helping parents navigate their kids’ digital media worlds! If there’s anything that...
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Helping Students and Families Navigate the Election Results
We gathered youth ministry voices from across the U.S. for a special Hangout On Air and an honest conversation about the impact yesterday’s election results could have on our students, families, and...
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Stay Encouraged
As a leader in a fast-paced society, how practical it is to continue investing in yourself while also supporting others. After years in ministry, I have learned that above anything else, the most...
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Couples Devotional: Your Marriage To-Do List
We’re excited to have Jim Burns as one of our NYWC speakers. This blog post is a great start to the conversations he’ll be navigating in his seminar: Balancing Ministry, Marriage, and Family. Check out...
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Multicultural Youth Ministry Takes Intentionality
Multicultural ministry doesn’t happen by accident. A multicolored ministry might, but a ministry that wants every culture to feel at home, like they belong, takes Intentionality. Few significant things...
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Drive-by Missions: Rethinking Mission Trips to Native American People Groups
Last month, NYWC speakers Coby Cagle and Corey Greaves of Mending Wings joined me for a Hangout On Air to talk about an important topic that they’ll be discussing in their Drive-by Mission seminar....
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Curiosity Never Killed The Cat
Like me, you probably heard this phrase once or twice (or a million) in your life. It’s something that our parents would always say to us. I can recall several times as a young child where I was asking...
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Parents and Youth Pastors Disagree about the Biggest Challenge in Youth Ministry
Between 2013 and 2016, there hasn’t been a whole lot of change in how youth pastors rank the challenges they face. Here are the biggest changes between the 2013 and 2016 data: “Busyness of Youth”...
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Changing Our Minds On The Fear of Change
People hate change. They fear change, don’t want change, and won’t accept change. Far too often we avoid new ideas because it means that something in our ministries will have to change. Change has...
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Riding Alone in Cars with Men
We’re excited to have Gina Abbas as one of our NYWC speakers. Check out more information HERE. If you’ve ever scrambled for an approved co-ed carpool or eaten lunch alone because a male colleague...
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