YPT Podcast Episode 35: Helping Parents Prepare for the Teen Years (Kristen Hatton)
How can youth workers understand and encourage parents of teenagers? Kristen Hatton shares counsel from her new book, Parenting Ahead.
YPT Podcast Episode 34: Storytelling the Bible (Kendal Conner)
What is Stortelling the Bible and how can it provide a method for youth workers to invite students to embrace the rich truth and message of Scripture?
YPT Podcast Episode 33: Discipleship as Alignment (Jason Engle)
Every youth pastor theologian wants to make lifelong disciples. We know that’s the mission. But how do we plan our ministry with the end in mind while avoiding the temptations of pragmatism and information-transfer?
YPT Podcast Episode 32: Faithful Youth Ministry in Ireland (Philomena Fitzpatrick)
There’s so much for international youth workers to learn from one another. We share more in common than what’s different. Relational evangelism and discipleship are foundational for effective student ministry, regardless of our latitude and longitude.
YPT Podcast Episode 31: Talking About Race with Youth (Michelle Ami Reyes)
It’s tempting to avoid direct conversations about racism because it immediately raises people’s alarm systems. How can youth pastor theologians model faithful ways to have sensitive conversations?
YPT Podcast Episode 30: Youth Ministry in the UK (Nic Bianchi & Anna Lane)
What does youth ministry look like in the UK and what can Stateside youth workers learn from their international colleagues?
YPT Podcast Episode 29: The Gospel in Evangelism and Discipleship (Greg Stier)
The gospel is not an evangelism tool, it’s the message of life that we declare to saints and sinners. In this conversation, we want to clarify what the gospel is and how to keep it central in both evangelism and discipleship. Greg also highlights the importance of good theology in our evangelism.
YPT Podcast Episode 28: Discipleship as Catechesis (Dustin Messer)
Catechesis isn’t a boring or stuffy class for people to attend but a highly relational journey where the mentor disciples a student through the core doctrines, habits, and disciplines of the Christian life.
YPT Podcast Episode 27: Serving Youth with Special Needs (Bryan Barrineau)
What should youth workers know about disabilities and special education, and how can they be better equipped to minister to these young men and women?
YPT Podcast Episode 26: Ecclesiology and Youth Ministry (Charles Hedman)
There’s a renewed conversation within youth ministry about integrating students into the life of the church. But why is this so important, what’s it looks like?