Youth Ministry

One way your child can find stable footing during the turbulent teen years is to point them to books of the Bible that can help them navigate their daily circumstances. While all of Scripture is God-breathed and useful for teaching (2 Timothy 3:16), there are some books that may resonate with your teen more so than others.

There are some aspects of identity that don’t change, and it’s important for our kids to understand this so they can live in true freedom and joy.

How can youth ministers do an effective job of making disciples? Here are six hardships of youth ministry and how to overcome them.

The need continues for older spiritual mentors to come alongside younger believers in their unique journeys. It is a joy and privilege.

As parents, we’re eager for our children to experience the priceless gift of church for themselves. We feel grief and frustration when our teens resist attending services as a family. Here are seven ways to help teens break down their barriers to the church.

When your parents' marriage ends, even as an adult, the grief can feel overwhelming. These prayers and biblical truths will steady your heart and point you back to God's peace.

With God’s help, we can provide balance and truth that will empower kids to walk in freedom from fear. Here are some tips to use when talking to children about scary world events:

How do we as leaders get youth–especially those who are on the brink of adulthood—to prioritize their faith? Here are six amazing ways to teach them how to do that.

Our hearts are breaking over the devastating school shooting that has just happened at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. When we hear of this kind of evil, it can be overwhelming, discouraging, heartbreaking, and devastating to us. One of the most effective things that we can do is pray.

If you gave your life to Christ as a kid, you might feel like your faith story doesn’t count. But what if that’s actually your greatest strength?

If you’re a parent, teacher, or church minister like me, you’ve worked with children and teenagers and challenged them to share their faith. Because you know how important it is for the world that we share the gospel, and you know that sharing faith also builds the faith of the person who does it.

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 Kingdom.

The past thirty years have seen revolutionary changes from the internet to the smartphone and all the good and bad these innovations have brought.

Social media can be harmful because it distorts our presentation and experiences of reality, priority, relationship, and rhythm. When our use of social media controls us instead of us controlling our use of social media, we become enslaved and our priorities distort to feed this new master.

Planning a mission trip? Don’t go without these five powerful prayers. They’ll help you check your motives, face spiritual battles, and figure out if this is the beginning of something much bigger.