By guest blogger, Brandon Riley
Sell the Vision…
You can have the coolest website or forum that promotes online community, but if you fail to sell the…

By guest blogger, Brandon Riley
Just like any Christian community there has to be distinctives that make it “Christian.” Perhaps the same should be…

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
How do you react when someone refers to the youth group you lead as “your” youth group. “We’re going to…

Back in Bible college, everyone in one of my youth ministry classes contributed ideas to make a collection of resources for youth ministry. I honestly forgot…

Earlier this week I was interviewed by a student who is working on a Boy Scout project. His questions were about how I ended up in ministry. Later I realized I…

I lost track of how many times I wanted to send you guys a quick little message or a time-sensitive resource link without having to make a whole new blog post…

I love it that a lot of the content generated here at Life in Student Ministry is based on my interaction with you guys (or “ya’ll,” depending…

Here’s how to start a youth ministry in your church with only one teenager, but it’s not what you might think.

Time Out (by Jerry Schmoyer)
You’ve worked really hard on a great devotional or Bible study. You think its one of the best you’ve ever put together…

A friend of mine compiled many of our camp songs into one easy-to-use PowerPoint show. Essentially, there’s a home page that lists every song and links…