This past Wednesday, our student ministry kicked-off our new series about how God uses people to ignite revivals. Over the next 10 weeks, we'll discover and learn from the amazing revivals of Jacob, Moses, Samuel, Elijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Hezekiah, Josiah, Zerubbabel, and Nehemiah. We'll walk...
Articles Youth pastors and parents haven’t always partnered well. The pendulum swings from youth pastors not wanting much to do with parents to giving parents all the responsibility for every part of their teenagers’ faith journey. The great reality we’re starting to land on is...
Articles One privilege of serving in youth ministry is seeing the daily impact that parents have on their teenagers’ faith journeys. In fact, you’re their most important spiritual mentor. That’s why your faith, no matter where you are on that journey, matters so much. I spend...
Articles How strong do your teenagers stand spiritually? Do they know the one true God and the only way to get to heaven? Do they have a firm grasp on truth—firm enough that they feel confident sharing it with others? A recent Group magazine poll revealed that many Christian kids are...
Articles Adolescence offers many kids their first opportunity to manage their own schedules. Unfortunately, with all the obligations they must juggle, “free time” can become a foreign concept. Teenagers’ waking hours are packed with school, homework, sports, clubs, work, and...
Articles Our society has a warped view of what’s valuable. That makes it especially difficult for adolescents to keep a proper perspective on their true worth in God’s eyes. God, our Creator, puts an infinite value on each of us. In fact, he loves us so much he was willing to...
Articles One of the many qualities our culture encourages young people to develop is strength. Physically, academically, and socially, teenagers are urged to try to come out on top. Those who seem too meek or gentle are viewed as pushovers and told to stand up for themselves. Yet the Bible has a...
The kids reveled in their time with us. We had an absent student from time to time, but not often. The kids bonded with their teachers. They knew they were cared for by those who loved Christ and loved them. Today was a culmination of a lot of team activities that the students worked...
Hello again from the Philippines, What are adequate words to describe this day, our last for English Camp? I'll try for you - smiles, singing, fun, trust, relationships, teaching, joking, laughter, preaching, Jesus, friends, goodbyes, tears. It was definitely all this and more. This...