In every youth ministry I've served, I've had students who come from families that struggle financially and, therefore, cannot afford expensive events such as summer mission trips. Although we spend a year fund...

Anita KeagyVision Video, DVD, 40 min., $14.99At 17, unmarried and a pastor's daughter to boot, Anita Keagy received the devastating pronouncement: "Young lady, you're pregnant." After praying through the l...

High school freshman Rachel Baier, in dire need of cash and upset that she wasn't able to find a babysitting job, decided to do something drastic: The 14-year-old told her father that she'd give up Facebook for...

It seems as if everyone has something to be stressed about these days, but Millennials—young adults between the ages of 18 and 33—are feeling it more than most. When the polling organization Harris ...

For 30 years, U.S. News and World Report has published rankings of United States colleges and universities. For many college-bound youth and their parents, this annual list has become one of the first bits of r...

Most teens have secrets, but the ones who don't keep those secrets entirely to themselves tend to be happier and healthier than their more mystery-laden peers. According to a Dutch study of youth between the ag...

Youth workers are known for shaking things up and taking creative approaches to old challenges. So why do so many youth workers follow the same-old-same-old approach when it comes to mission activities and trip...

I was getting overwhelmed.Teaching three times weekly at youth group was wearing me out, so I asked some of my core students if they would lead a Sunday night meeting. They reluctantly agreed. In the process, t...

In more than a decade of ministry, I've planned a lot of events and trips. Some were worthwhile, and others left me scratching my head wondering why I didn't stay home and play golf. One thing I've discovered i...

I remember the first time I heard someone describe himself as a lifer—not a right-to-lifer or a Miller High Lifer (come on…)—but a youth ministry lifer. I was finishing seminary, had just take...