Greg Ragland wasn't looking for a job when he and his wife started attending Community Baptist Church in Maylene, Ala., about five years ago. Ragland had recently stepped down as youth pastor at a nearby church...

So, you've landed your first youth ministry job. Heck, it's the first job of any kind you've ever held outside your parents' house or the fantasy role-playing video games you used to play all day long.When some...

The band Anberlin is in the middle of a big fall tour. The band has teamed up with A Thousand Hills Coffee to build homes for Rwandan orphans.During the 15,000-mile, 45-day tour, Land of a Thousand Hills is run...

Friend RequestGet downloadable PDF.The Word:"‘I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in Me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain...

'Teen Mom' Becomes a Ratings Winner for MTVGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:MTV, the popular cable network, has gone from a 2009 cable afterthought to ...

'Tis the season for kids to begin writing their Christmas wish lists, but this year the middle school students at North Point Ministries in Georgia are making a different kind of wish list. They're wishing for ...

Every Halloween, kids across the country parade neighborhoods in search of the most glorious prize: candy. The build-up for Halloween is almost as exciting as the day itself with pre-Halloween festivities such ...

From Life in Student Ministry: "Is the role of the youth pastor in the church to: 1. Be the center gear in the youth ministry who is responsible to keep the ministry's other gears turning? 2. To help the churc...

The hall was long and dark. Bunkbeds lined the walls, each draped with children and blankets, the rough orange wool pulled up around thin shoulders, muffling giggles and whispers. "Shhhhhhh," the older ones his...

Adults set the standard. Adults are who teenagers look to and who they want to emulate when they get older. We may not realize it, but teenagers are looking to us for examples of how faith i...