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Issues in Youth Ministry: William Berger

What do you see as some of the main issues youth ministry is struggling with today?
I think a big issue that youth ministry struggles with is getting effective…

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Pray for even the little things

Last weekend my father-in-law gave me an old laptop (PII 266 MHz, 128 MB memory, 6 GB HDD). I promptly removed Windows 98 in order to install the lightweight…

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Issues in Youth Ministry: Paul Martin

What do you see as some of the main issues youth ministry is struggling with today?
Defining Success.
I think one of the biggest problems in youth ministry is…

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Chinese teenagers make me want to overhaul Christian education

The youth worker who got me hooked on youth ministry back in high school is now a missionary to students in China. Yesterday I got his monthly newsletter, which…

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Expectations of youth pastors and discipleship

Seth Barns of Adventures in Missions wrote a good post on all the expectations of youth pastors yesterday and how it relates to the need for discipleship.
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Issues in Youth Ministry: Ben Gray

What do you see as some of the main issues youth ministry is struggling with today?
Cultural relevance is a biggie. Another (for men as well as women) is porn…

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How to organize draft posts for your blog

WordPress is a phenomenal blogging system that I love deeply, but it really does a poor job of organizing all my draft posts. They’re all just lined up…

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Issues in Youth Ministry: Buddy Rathmell

What do you see as some of the main issues youth ministry is struggling with today?

I think often youth ministries are often healthier than the churches so you…

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Preaching this Sunday… what should I do?

Hmm… Our interim pastor just called me and said that the guest speaker for Sunday had to cancel due to some scheduling conflicts and asked if I’d be…

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