Anonymous
Friday, September 12, 2008
Like it or not, we all have senior pastors to work along side. Here are three things we can do as youth pastors to help make that relationship a great one.
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Anonymous
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
...It made me
stop and think about how important discernment really is in our culture. The
more I work with teenagers and youth leaders alike, the more I realize that too
many times we just take what we’re being presented by media, movies, magazines,
and music as being the truth.
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Did you know that 84% of purpose statements don't significantly impact a youth group the way they could? And did you know that 95% of statistics are made up on the spot?
Writing a purpose statement is always an exciting time. It's inspiring to dream and pray about what God could do through the...
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In the two decades I’ve been editor of group, I’ve only given over my column space one time. Make this #2. I’ve known Christian Smith a long time—he’s the brilliant director of the National Study of Youth and Religion, and is now a professor of sociology at Notre Dame...Today, out of the blue,...
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Anonymous
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
The other day I was talking to one of my youth ministry friends about the rarity of long-term youth pastors in a local church setting. In the course of that conversation, I realized that there are a decent amount of guys who have been in youth ministry for a long time (20-30 years). These guys...
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Barna says that only half (53%) of churched young people say, as children, they learned to base every decision on the Bible.
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Anonymous
Monday, February 1, 2010
Parents are NOT your enemy.
I've been a youth pastor for a long time, and I have a lot of youth pastor friends. When we get together, it's inevitable that the conversation turns the bane of youth ministry existence: parents of teenagers.
I've never really understood this ministry philosophy of...
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Anonymous
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Mike Yaconelli put it this way: “Youth group is good….But there’s a better good...It’s called church.”
As I look at the lay of the land in our denomination and as I see the growing numbers of passionate and gifted young people and young leaders in our midst then I believe the best way to keep...
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The majority of youth workers we talk to would admit that they made their way into youth ministry because they’ve been transformed by Jesus and are passionate to see teenagers experience a similar transformation.
How about you?
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How can we take the Bible and make it come alive?
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