Youth Ministry

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  Top 5 Reasons Churches Need to Prioritize Youth Ministry There are at least five great reasons that churches should prioritize youth ministry: teaching God’s Word, providing fellowship, connecting generations, teaching service, and implementing spiritual... Mel Walker Apr 04, 2024
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  3 Dangerous Myths of Purity Culture First, they need to know that God loves them and they are valuable no matter what their life has looked like before giving their lives to the Lord. They are not damaged goods. God has offered us complete... Amanda Idleman Mar 28, 2024
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  What to Do When Your Teen Shuts You Out In Abba, we see one of the crux truths in all of parenting: our job is not the outcome; our job is the input. Hard though it may be when we feel shut out by our older kids, when we choose to love them as a... Elizabeth Spencer Mar 21, 2024
• 5 Ways the Church Can Effectively Engage with Gen-Z The often hokey attempts at entertaining the kids they were trying to keep around was not what kept me in the church. It was truth, community, and more than anything, a purpose and call to God’s... Jason Soroski Mar 15, 2024
• 3 Ways to Encourage Youth Pastors and Leaders Being a Youth Pastor or a Youth Volunteer is a tough, but incredibly rewarding gig. Just like everyone else — in fact probably more so — they need our support, encouragement and to be treated like a valuable... Kile Baker Mar 08, 2024
• The Trouble with the ‘True Love Waits’ Narrative I grew up in the ‘true love waits’ era of the church. Now, I have been married for 15 years, and I realize that this narrative set me up for trouble. We have to be careful not to sell our kids a fairy tale...
• 5 Ways to Engage Millennials and Gen Z in the Local Church Gone are the days when families drove to church in their Sunday best and went to Wednesday night Bible study. While this might have been a priority at one time in our history, it is no more. In an age when... Michelle S. Lazurek Feb 29, 2024
• 6 Bible Characters That Can Help Teens Know They Are Not Alone Nearly every teenager at one point feels like they’re stuck in their tension, questions, and doubts. All of God’s people have felt the same way at times throughout their journey on earth. Even those recorded... Jennifer Heeren Feb 22, 2024
• How to Teach Youth That Sex Is a Gift Worth Waiting For It only takes a few minutes engaging with modern culture to see its obsession with sex and sexuality. Billboards show lingerie-clad women, pop songs sing about sex, social media and television are full of... Sarah Garrett Feb 15, 2024
• How Violent Crime Is Threatening to Wipe Out Godly Values in Our Youth There is only one thing that will save our nation and its inhabitants, and it is twofold in nature. First and foremost, “God’s people, who are called by His name,” must turn their hearts to Him. Secondly,... Judge Phil Ginn Feb 08, 2024
• How to Exercise Faith When Allowing Independence My son’s little legs raced across the field as his kite bounced along on the ground behind him. A gust of wind caught the kite’s corner and lifted it above the grass. “Let out the string!” I called. As he... Joanna Teigen Feb 01, 2024
• Culture Versus Christianity: How Your Teen Might Perceive the Church Engage with young adults about this issue, ask questions, be humble in your response, and offer hope that our gracious God will one day make all things new and right all wrongs. Beth Ann Baus Jan 25, 2024