Strategies for Teaching Christian History in Youth Ministry
The men and women, creeds and catechisms of church history are often overlooked by youth ministries because it can be hard to know how to teach them in youth group. Here are three strategies you can adapt to integrate church history into your ministry to students.
Friday Review (1/21/22)
Each week we compile a list of helpful articles from other sites, in a variety of categories, for youth workers to read, reflect on, and/or discuss with parents and volunteers. Here’s this week’s Friday Review.
Essentials of a Biblical Youth Ministry
As churches continue to prayerfully discern how to pass the faith from generation to generation, it’s important to ensure we are building on a biblical foundation.
Teaching Students About Natural and Special Revelation
Students live in a world where they are encouraged to view multiple paths to truth as equally valid. How can youth workers help students grow in confidence in the special revelation of Jesus Christ while affirming God’s truth that has been revealed more generally?
Friday Review (1/14/21)
Each week we compile a list of helpful articles from other sites, in a variety of categories, for youth workers to read, reflect on, and/or discuss with parents and volunteers. Here’s this week’s Friday Review.
Making Cross-Generational Ministry a Priority
What is cross-generational ministry? It is a ministry that involves regular interaction, engagement, and discipleship between and across generations.
Ecclesiology and Youth Ministry
Youth ministry and the Church often have an uneasy relationship. Here are three interconnected ideas to help navigate this challenging topic.
Friday Review (1/7/21)
Each week we compile a list of helpful articles from other sites, in a variety of categories, for youth workers to read, reflect on, and/or discuss with parents and volunteers. Here’s this week’s Friday Review.
Faith is Not a Good Idea
It’s easy for students to grow up in church where the gospel becomes a good idea… but they never actually have faith. This is the kind of dead faith James warns us against.
The Two-Fold Gospel is Narrow and Broad
What is the gospel? The gospel is not merely an evangelism strategy for making new Christians. It is God’s story of salvation for sinners. Here’s what this means for the way we minister to students.