Gospel Advancing Ministry
7 Questions to Ask Potential Youth Leaders
Recruit well by focusing on the essentials.
August 4, 2026
Gospel Advancing Ministry
5 Ideas for Programming Prayer in Your Group
The typical youth group meeting (or church service, for that matter) dedicates more time to announcements than to prayer. What do you think might happen if you changed that for
January 22, 2025
Gospel Advancing Ministry
How to Gospelize Your Youth Event Calendar
Do you own a youth ministry calendar—or does your youth ministry calendar own you? In the past decade of youth ministry, I’ve seen so many pastors burn out, miss opportunities,
February 6, 2024
Gospel Advancing Ministry
4 Secrets to Finding Youth Ministry Volunteers
A new pastor was visiting the homes of his parishioners, hoping to recruit some volunteers for a new project. At one house it seemed obvious that someone was at home,
July 18, 2023
Gospel Advancing Ministry
How to Help Your Adult Leaders Learn to Share Their Faith
To be an effective Gospel Advancing leader, you have to walk the walk. There’s no getting around the value of modeling. This is how Jesus taught His followers! When you
February 13, 2019
Gospel Advancing Ministry
Is It Possible We’re Missing the Point in Youth Ministry?
A first grade teacher once asked the father of an easily distracted boy to create a “Focus Card” that could be laid on the young student’s desk whenever he got
January 16, 2019
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
Gospel Advancing Ministry
“A Radical Change In Me and My Students”
The gospel brought radical transformation to Chris Selby’s life, and then becoming a Gospel Advancing Ministry brought radical change to his students too.
December 19, 2018
Encouragement for Youth Pastors
Why Youth Leaders Need Apostolic Resolve
God has given you a mission, your specific piece of advancing THE Cause of Christ in your own community. You must identify it, relentlessly pray over it and do everything
November 28, 2018
Gospel Advancing Ministry
Coach Your Students to Share Their Faith This Easter
When you were a little kid, did you ever do the Easter egg hunt thing? I remember running around on Easter morning all crazy excited, finding jelly beans and those
March 14, 2018
Encouragement for Youth Pastors
Taking Care of You
The best gift you could give to your Gospel Advancing Ministry is to take care of yourself and your own relationship with God.
February 28, 2018
Discipleship, Teaching Teens to Follow Jesus
Helping Teens Say No to the Wrong Kind of Parties
Partying can look like the best thing in the world to teenagers, but Jesus has called them in love to live a holy life filled with much better things.
December 20, 2017
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