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- Lies of Youth Ministry, part 2
The second lie of youth ministry is that it is all about discipleship. This is a lie which starts with bad hermeneutics, continues with training built around selective theology, and is encouraged by inward looking church leaders.
Here’s how this lie plays out. Most youth ministers are wholly focused on building the size of their program. [...]
- Lies of Youth Ministry, Part One
Boys and girls in youth ministry we’ve got some problems. We in youth ministry, as a tribe, believe some lies about who we are, what we’re about, and how we should be reaching students. Let’s address these and move forward to fix them, OK?
#1 Your ministry is “successful” if you have 10% of Sunday morning [...]
- Why do you do it?
This is associated with something we’re doing called “Youth Worker Appreciation Day.”
If you’ve got a youth worker in your life, make sure you take a second to thank them on September 6th. This applies to both paid and volunteer youth workers!
- How Do I Matter?
Every person who attends your church needs to know the answer to this question. Church leaders, how are you answering it?
There are two thoughts that lead me to this question. The first comes from Christopher Brook’s blog. He contemplates our freedom of conversion in contrast to the cost associated with that conversion. In some cultures, [...]
- Travel Day
It’s after breakfast in Romeo and I’m wide awake here in San Diego. (4:00 am) The last 24 hours have been a blur as I commuted about 3000 miles to work yesterday. (Going home Friday) Besides the travel I did get some stuff done yesterday and I’m looking forward to getting more settled today.
The first [...]
- Our Big Move
The last few weeks have been a whirlwind… literally. First, there was the crazy phone call that started it all. Then there was a lot of prayer. Then there was the trip out there. Then there was a lot more prayer. This was followed by some very tough conversations, more prayer, and a decision. Then [...]
- Youth Ministry & Risk
I’ve been thinking about successful youth groups vs. unsuccessful youth groups. And truth be told the exact same thought holds true for churches.
Successful youth groups takes measured, bold risks.
Unsuccessful youth groups take few risks.
Successful youth groups generate excitement both internally and externally.
Unsuccessful youth groups are boring.
Successful youth groups have a two-fold reaching/teaching mode.
Unsuccessful youth groups [...]
- Twitter takes off in Youth Ministry
In the last two weeks Twitter has gotten extremely popular among Youth Ministry people. The two biggest Youth Ministry companies, Youth Specialties and Simply Youth Ministry put their Twitter accounts in this weeks newsletter. (YMX was ahead of them by a couple months on this one!) And it seems like every youth pastor around is [...]
- Youth Ministry Ad Network
Maybe you’ve noticed that there is a small block of ads on the right side of my blog. What is that all about?
Patti & I have been thinking of a very focused, very profitable (for both advertisers/bloggers) niche` ad network for youth pastors for a long time.
Essentially, our goal with it is to connect the [...]
- 10 Things I Did While My Friends Were in Florida
I mentioned this project earlier today, here is the video. I think it turned out pretty funny. What do you think?
