Category: Youth Ministry
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Why the Gospel-Centered Movement Overlooks Youth Ministry
My friend Mike McGarry wrote an interesting article on his new site Youth Pastor Theologian. (he also posts regularly on instagram) About ten years ago, everyone was talking about the “dropout rate” and the “rise of the nones.” The increased number of youth who were walking away from the faith after high school rang the…
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For the Youth Minister Who Feels They “Don’t Measure Up”
I found this article to be very encouraging for any of us doing ministry to whatever ages. It addresses feelings that so many of us have about “measuring up”. I’d encourage you to read it all here. It begins: Mark noticed a question that was submitted to a panel of youth ministers at the online…
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Making Resilient Disciples
A trailer for the upcoming Child Discipleship Forum in Nashville.
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Re-Thinking Evangelism: A short documentary
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Don’t Segregate the Youth
Here is an older article I had published on The Gospel Coalition Blog I was enjoying brunch at a local café with my wife after church. It was before we had kids, so it was just the two of us. Across the room I spotted one of the students in my youth ministry, sitting with…
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Key Components of Anglicanism
Crossway is about to release a new book by the late J.I. Packer titled “The Heritage of Anglican Theology” which looks like a great resource to help people better understand Anglicanism. They also just published an excerpt from the book on their website. It is an article that can be found here. It is excellent!…
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The Crucial Task Facing The Church
The future is always on my mind. I literally can’t stop thinking about the future of the church, our society, our nation, and our world. Everything around us is changing at a continually accelerating pace. And to be honest, things look bleak. It all seems to be falling apart. The church is in decline, our…
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Who is Shaping Your Students?
I recently read an excellent article by a friend on “Preparing Christian Children for the Transgender Moment”. In it he very gracefully shows how he is preparing his kids for moments they will soon deal with. Without being prepared, they would either be swallowed up by the culture or find themselves conflicted by it. Many…
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This Still is My Father’s World!
This Still is My Father’s World! (an adaptation of an article written for the Rooted Ministries Blog) This hymn written over 100 years ago keeps being relevant to the times we live in. Published as a poem in 1901 after the death of its author The Rev. Maltbie Davenport Babcock, it was set to music in…
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Stop Recruiting…
I recently wrote an article for Rooted on this perennial challenge we face in youth ministry. I wrote about this subject in another article here. It was August and just weeks before our fall programs were starting. The reality set in that I did not have much of a team of adult leaders to work…
