When life doesn’t go as planned, your reaction says a lot about what you truly believe! Crossings Program Director Joe Ball shares his thoughts on the importance of demonstrating truth to youth. “It’ll be okay.” “I got it covered.” “I got it taken care of.” Haven’t we heard these statements over and over and over?… Read more »
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3 Sites To Help You Stay on Top of Youth Culture
Sometimes ministering to students can feel as challenging as ministering to an unknown tribe in a remote jungle. The language is confusing, the clothing is strange, the music is bizarre — even the food is unidentifiable! However, if we are committed to reaching students with the Gospel, we must be willing to take up the… Read more »
The Priority of Discipleship in Youth Ministry…continued
Discipleship is a process that must render a life that is transformed. The process must have a strategy that can be replicated in every discipling relationship. It must have attainable and measurable goals for that transformation. Do you believe this statement? “Every teenager that believes in Jesus Christ deserves the opportunity for personal spiritual nurture… Read more »
A Case for Programming by Daniel Broyles, PhD
The term programming is become a dirty word in some youth ministry circles. It often suggests a leader-driven ministry. While the principle concern is valid and a pressing sin issue in local church leadership, is it wise to delete a useful term as if using another word facilitates real change? In reality, the function of programming… Read more »
Discipleship IS the Priority in Youth Ministry
The first church that I served in was in a small town in southern Virginia. My first week on the job was a cold February Monday. My first task, plan the winter retreat quickly followed by the Spring Conference at a regional Christian college. Now, at the age of 21, my awareness was not as… Read more »
Shaping a Christian Worldview at Home (by the Book)
Life is full a crossroads. Critical decisions come at pace that often finds us unprepared. How do you make the hard decisions or even the urgent decisions that face you? No one makes a decision to intentionally hurt ourselves or those we care about. But we all make decisions based on a set of… Read more »
Shaping a Christian Worldview at Home (For the Glory of God)
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 »
The Heart of Discipleship by Gary D. Almon, Ph.D.
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 »