CollegeLeader Regional Training (Middle Tennessee)Space is limited.Date: Feb. 24, 2012Price: $40 for ministry leaders; $30 for students/volunteersLocation: New Vision Baptist Church, 1750 N. Thompson Lane, Murf...

Cancer is probably one of the scariest words in the world. We fear hearing it from the doctor. We fear hearing on the phone when a friend or family members calls us to break the news. Cancer can fit easily into...

Learning is complex work. Have you ever asked yourself how learning happens? When I stand in front of my students on Sunday morning and try to teach them about Abraham's near-murder of his son Isaac in Genesis...

Youth workers and parents who try to stay plugged into their kids' lives probably know a bit about the Twilight vampire series by Stephenie Meyer, the movies based on Meyer's novels, and the hit teen TV drama "...

Find a group of adolescent girls and ask them about Twilight and you immediately will be bombarded with whom they love more: Edward or Jacob. It is fascinating to see how one series has appealed to so many twee...

Most youth ministries have specific needs and goals, but not all needs and goals are grantable expenditures. However, when it comes to the creative process of application, here are some quick points that can he...

In today's economic climate, funding for youth ministry has become more difficult than ever. Fundraisers that used to raise thousands of dollars now may raise only hundreds of dollars. Supporters may have stopp...

Too often we define teaching as "the transfer of knowledge from one person to another." This means we judge our success on how much the learner knows instead of how the learner responds. Real teaching is less a...

Confession: There are some parts of youth ministry I do not always enjoy. I'm not talking about the late-night phone calls, the trials of recruiting volunteers or feeling the pressure of keeping students and th...

Several years ago, I was serving as the platform chairman of a large youth gathering. I was sitting next to a nationally recognizable youth speaker in the moments just before he was to preach, and I was to intr...