Youth Ministry Archives

Identifying predators in your church isn’t easy. Some guys truly are stalkers. But others are simply socially awkward men.

Reminiscing on two youth ministries I was involved in reminds me of the true purpose of youth ministry.

Does being a celebrity give one the right to be heard on matters of faith?

I know I'm not the only youth leader who has been unprepared for a lesson...

"You must be really good at your job," my father-in-law said the other day. "Because the devil is working really hard to keep you out of church...

How are you using your influence to build spiritual wisdom and maturity into the lives of others? Are you paying it forward in your faith?

By now, you are tired of the headlines surrounding the Penn State debacle…and debauchery. Are there any lessons for the church?

Diplomatic and Tactful – How often do you think those two words are used to describe youth leaders?

In this parody of Reebok's "Terry Tate: Office Linebacker" ads, The "Me" Linebacker is in no mood for selfish ambition! He is fed up with...

Want to join God in His redemptive work in the world? You don’t have to get special training and travel to a foreign country as a missionary to do...

About once a year, the folks at Fuller Theological Seminary take temporary leave of their senses and ask me to teach a class called “A Christian...

An excerpt from Francis Chan's Erasing Hell, in which he asks: "Do you understand the weight of what we are about to consider?"

G.K. Chesterton once observed that while it is important to win the lost to Christianity, leaders also must "convert the Christians to...

Even seemingly innocent day-to-day interactions with youth can lead to unspeakable dangers—for the youth and for the viability of your ministry.