In an effort to connect with teens struggling with anxiety, depression and other emotional challenges, the Christian ministry Groundwire is trying to attract them through a series of ads airing on youth-oriente...

Teachers, parents and students believe it's important for kids to be ready for college and/or career when they leave high school, according to a new survey; but not all believe it's our educational sy...

Urgent: Igniting a Passion for Jesus Joe Donahue Free Church Press, 2011, 104 pp., $11.95 ISBN 978-0982656112 Urgent is author Joe Donahue's story of growing up with a verbally and sexually abusive fathe...

It is fair to say that most youth ministers desire to not only personally live a Christian life, but lead others to do so, as well. They want to honor God, share Christ and minister to adolescents and their fam...

Sharing Your Faith & Serving Others: Junior High School Group Study (Uncommon) Jim Burns , Ph. D. Gospel Light, 2011, paper, 192 pp., $12.99 ISBN-13: 978-0830757343 For insecure junior high students ...

Sharing Your Faith & Serving Others: High School Group Study (Uncommon) Jim Burns , Ph. D. Gospel Light, 2011, 208 pp., $12.99 ISBN-13: 978-0830757145 Teens have a reputation for bein...

What Japan Can Teach Us About Tough TimesGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:On March 11, a massive undersea earthquake—one of the largest ever reco...

In Resurrecting Excellence, Jones and Armstrong explore the idea of bringing excellence back as virtue of every believer. They begin by focusing on the gospel and how we must have an attitude of excellence as w...

The promised Holy Spirit descended on this band of 120 men and women who were in agreement in heart and mind. In that empowered moment, everything suddenly became clear to them. In a flash they realized the rea...

It's 12:45 on Sunday afternoon, and I'm rushing to get to my 12:30 Sunday school class. As I gather kids on my way to the classroom, I see one of my older "kids" just standing around. "Why aren't you upstairs i...