During a rather lively discussion on the merits of family-friendly methods of youth ministry, one influential speaker and author emphatically proclaimed, "If t ain't broke, don't fix it … and youth mi...

Seeing the Larger StoryWise and patient leaders invite their group to look for the larger human story unfolding on a mission trip. Seeing the larger story helps mission-team members connect their travel experie...

I want to focus on a passage of Scripture found in Luke 10 that I believe the church largely has misunderstood or failed to understand completely.More specifically, my focus is on the question, "Who is my neigh...

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Is bigger always better? That's the message I've received from every youth ministry conference or publication I've seen during the past 10 years. So, what's the youth pastor serving students in Small Town, Amer...

In order to access our full wealth, we need to be willing to look beyond what money can measure. This isn't quite as counterintuitive as it might sound.Who says riches have to be financial?Who says you have to ...

I was struck by the theme of Youth Specialties' 2010 conventions: "Known." While simple, it's one of the biggest threads running throughout Scripture.We have a gravitational pull to be known; it's what "You get...

You've made your decision. You're jumping headlong — and perhaps cash short — into video ministry to teenagers. More specifically, your teenagers. There's no doubt in your mind the time for the ...

It's 1998 and I'm walking through the barren streets of a tiny, middle-of-nowhere, rural Polish village on a cold and cloudy January afternoon. Even though I'm thousands of miles from my suburban Pennsylvania h...

Half the world's population lives in cities and suburbs. More than 80 percent of U.S. residents call cities and suburbs home. To better understand how youth workers can reach and serve urban youth, we interview...