Discipleship, Teaching Teens to Follow Jesus
Senior Send-Off: The Great Commissioning
How to launch your youth group graduates with confidence.
May 24, 2022
High School Ministry
Gospel Advancing Ministry
“The Gospel’s Power in the Hands of My Students”
Youth leader Jeff Polen wanted to transfer the power of the gospel into the hands of his students, but he didn’t know how until he found the right Gospel Advancing tools.
December 27, 2018
Helping Hurting Teens
13 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Ignore 13 Reasons Why
The controversial Netflix series ’13 Reasons Why’ offers a depressing, yet oftentimes realistic, depiction of what many teens face. We can’t ignore its presence, so instead let’s give our students a biblical perspective on the show.
June 6, 2018
Gospel Advancing Ministry
4 Steps to Student Leader Buy-In
To build a thriving Gospel Advancing Ministry with your student leaders you need to start with addressing the “Why, What, How, Now” of Gospel Advancement.
September 20, 2017
Leading a Youth Ministry
4 Steps to Help Your Students See School with New Eyes
Do your students dread going back to school? Here are 4 ways to help them see school as an awesome blessing and an opportunity to share their faith.
August 30, 2017
How to Share the Gospel
How to Gospelize Transformers: The Last Knight
The Transformers sci-fi autobots’ unstoppable CGI saga will once again invade a theatre near you this summer. The latest installment of this blockbuster franchise, Transformers: The Last Knight, centers on destruction (surprise, surprise!) and redemption. And this time, the key to saving
June 14, 2017
Gospel Advancing Ministry
8 Great Summer Outreach Ideas
Ahhh…Summer! The sweet, lazy, dog days of summer are just around the corner. Why do we call them “dog days”? Is it because dogs (and teenagers) tend to lie around
June 7, 2017
How to Share the Gospel
How to Gospelize Pirates of the Caribbean
Captain Jack is back! The hugely successful Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise has once again hit the theaters with #5: Dead Men Tell No Tales. So why not use
May 31, 2017
Gospel Advancing Ministry
Beginner’s Guide to Biblical Outcomes
Success isn’t always measured in numbers, especially in ministry. Are you measuring by Biblical outcomes for your youth ministry?
February 1, 2017
Gospel Advancing Ministry
3 Steps toward Reaching Your “Cause Turf”
Growing up in Florida meant regularly dealing with treacherous hurricanes. After one small hurricane, my sister and I noticed our neighbor’s mailbox uprooted and lying flat on the lawn. Believing
January 4, 2017
Encouragement for Youth Pastors
4 Reasons to Never Give Up
Have you ever felt like giving up in ministry? Of course you have! Every youth leader at some time or another has wondered if their ministry would be better off
September 7, 2016
Student Ministry Preaching
8 Best Practices to Grab Your Students’ Attention
Halfway through a college semester, a professor discovered that a student was retaking her course. Doubting that the student had failed the course the first time around, she checked her
August 24, 2016
new from greg stier
The story of how a fatherless street kid overcame violence, chaos, and confusion to become a radical Christ follower.
