Social media has been around longer than most adults realize. Most of the middle school students in your church can’t remember life without Facebook or Twitter. Do you remember the very for 6 hours you spent exploring Facebook?…all in one night! It can easily draw you in but why? I’m sure there are dozens of… Read more »
In youth ministry, we all have things we love to do that refuel our tanks or give us energy. Then there are those things that we must do that drain us. Unfortunately what refuels one leader doesn’t necessarily refuel every leader. For a lot of us in youth ministry, we enjoy dreaming about new things… Read more »
Teenagers with a biblically grounded Christian worldview do not just happen, they must be built. “In the absence of biblical formative instruction, secular formative instructors take over. Our hearts are easily captivated by the hollow and deceptive philosophy of a godless culture.[1] The task of building a Christian worldview in the lives of our teenage… Read more »
In the classes that I teach I am constantly asking the question, “What is discipleship?” If I have 20 students, inevitably, I will receive at least 7 different answers. At the Center for Youth Ministry we believe above all else that there is a particular prescription for discipleship and the call that the family and… Read more »