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How God Used a Teenage Girl to Help Save the World
God has a knack for using teenagers to save His people, advance His kingdom, and change the world. Maybe He chooses them because teenagers possess a naïve passion for life and a reckless willingness to do crazy things. Or like Paul says, maybe it’s because God loves to use simple, humble, foolish people to bring […]
The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Ministry Rundown
“Give me five minutes with a person’s checkbook, and I will tell you where their heart is,” Billy Graham once wisely observed. In the same way that a checkbook reveals Joe Schmo Christian’s true priorities, a youth leader’s weekly rundown sheet reveals his or her true ministry priorities. But before you take a hard look […]
Don’t Be Afraid to Recalibrate
Keeping a pulse on the success and health of your ministry is important. But sometimes the fruit is less than you’d hoped and prayed for. This happens to all ministries big or small. You implement a discipleship strategy and come up with evangelistic goals, yet the ministry doesn’t achieve what you set out for. This […]
5 Powerful Motivations for Driving toward Biblical Outcomes
What motivates you in youth ministry? Let’s face it—it’s probably not the paycheck. Most likely, you are in youth ministry because you believe in the mission of God to live out THE Cause. As the prophet Isaiah once said, “How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, the […]
Four Measurements that Matter
While walking out of a coffee shop, Krieg bumps into an old friend. “Hi, Bruce! Long time no see! How are you?” “Wow! It’s great to see you, Krieg,” said Bruce, “Things are good. I’ve been working hard and just started a new position as a professor at the local community college. How about you? […]
