Youth ministry

Article The Secret to Building Great Dads
- By Tim Wright
- Posted on June 13th, 2013
Deadbeat dads. Absent dads. Father wounds. Dumbed-down TV sitcom dads. The labels are not handsome. And increasingly, they seem to ring true. …
Article A Summer of Purpose
- By Jenny Youngman
- Posted on May 21st, 2013
By now students can see the finish line and are leaning into summer break. Some places in the country are already out of school, while the year-rounders have only a few weeks…
Article Spiritual Generativity: Nourishing Vital Families
- By Amy Valdez Barker
- Posted on April 19th, 2013
“Well, at least God loves me!” Those are the words that came out of my four-year old’s mouth after he had been scolded for unacceptable actions toward his…
Article Let the Children Come: Kids Coming to Church Without Parents
- By Reggie Blount
- Posted on April 18th, 2013
“Then little children were being brought to him in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples spoke sternly to those who brought them; but Jesus said, …
Article Congregations as Families of Faith: Beyond Age-Level Ministries
- By Deech Kirk
- Posted on April 16th, 2013
According to national studies like Fuller Youth Institute’s “Sticky Faith” (www.stickyfaith.org) and the National Study of Youth and Religion…
Article Creating a Culture of Call
- By Todd Outcalt
- Posted on April 12th, 2013
Thirty years ago, I was one of four people who answered a call to pastoral ministry. Not surprising, perhaps, or even remarkable . . . until one considers that all four of us came …