8 Things Your Christian Educator Wants You to Know
The work of faith formation leaders in a congregation is expansive and vital, yet often undervalued and misunderstood. Virginia Callegary lifts up the need to…
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No Easy Button for Fruitful Youth Ministry
One of the most common and most debilitating myths about youth ministry might just be the all-too-common belief in the Easy Button. In our work…
50 Ways to Strengthen Ministry with Youth
How can your church help youth claim a vital faith? No question is more critical to the future of the church. Here are 50 Ways…
Characteristics of a Healthy Youth Ministry
Congregations that succeed in nurturing the faith of young people tend to demonstrate certain key characteristics. What are the top characteristics of a healthy youth…
Helping Youth Have a Faith of Their Own
The fact that youth participate in church less as they get older and often are not present in church as young adults can lead church…
Cultivating a Consequential Faith
Congregations have been doing a lot with teenagers, but it isn’t always leading to consequential faith, maintains Kenda Creasy Dean in Almost Christian: What the…
Churches Where Youth Exhibit Highly Devoted Faith
Kenda Creasy Dean reports in her book Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers is Telling the American Church (Oxford University Press, 2010) that…
Choosing Church … or Soccer, or Work, or Family Time, or …
Sunday morning has become a popular time for youth sports. Weekends are for some families the only opportunity to share quality, sustained time together. And…
Helping Youth Discern God’s Call
Two months ago, a group from my church attended the Leadership Institute held at the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas. Pastor…
Strong Youth Ministry and the Call to Ministry
The other day I was driving down the interstate when I pulled into a roadside rest stop. Just as I stepped from my car, a…