So is youth ministry really 'broken?' Are our youth programmes redundant? Is it what we DO that's wrong? Or is it that our FOCUS is wrong? I wonder if the major change we face as youth leaders today in the west is to reorienta
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When someone has a good understanding of Scripture and is following what God is saying, a vision will be cast. Here’s some help on casting a vision.
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It’s easy to lose sight of a vision when your working over 50 hours a week and juggling everything else on your plate. In order to avoid changing the vision (or losing it), you must maintain the vision cast. Here are a couple of
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Hermenutics Quiz - Scott McKnight wrote a quiz that came out in the latest leadership journal that is causing quite the conversation. Check it out! Dan Kimball and John Ortberg have their scores posted on the blog.
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John Lennon once said, "Life is what happens while you are making other plans". I agree to this to an extent, because you can't control everything that happens. Although I also believe that by spending time making plans you ca
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The article has some great information about leading - including the following gem: “The people who turn out to be the best leaders are those who have previously been the best followers.”
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My struggle is that as I look at ministries all over the country, including the one that I serve in, I sense that we have lost the art of shepherding that we see through out the Bible. It is my goal to open the door to what it me
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How many times have you sat in a meeting and ended up just starring off into “Neverland.” Within moments you are running around with the lost boys jumping across expanses, and fighting with your sword against the evil pirates. In
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When was the last time you had a health check up? What might a health check up for youth ministry include? Here's my 10 point plan to stay healthy in youth ministry.
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Often times, pastors feel that they are “behind” or “failing” in the places they minister. They feel as if the are not “on top” of their game anymore. While it is easy to focus on pleasing man, God is the one who desires your att
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The real problem that faces ministries is not how to fire a volunteer but how to keep them. Every ministry I have seen has to deal with the issue of high turnover in their volunteer corps. Churches that don’t have a problem with
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