Author: youthESource

What are the greatest joys of working/volunteering in youth ministry?

How can we effectively overcome the challenges that we face in youth ministry?

What are the greatest challenges facing people in youth ministry today? Jacob Youmans, director of the DCE program at Concordia University Texas answers: In my mind, there is no doubt, the greatest challenge to youth ministers today is — time! Students are incredibly “busy” and unfortunately, many of them seem to get busy long before gaining any kind of understanding, let alone mastery, of basic time management skills. Any extracurricular activity sucks up their time like a sponge. I would agree though that these extracurricular time sponges are not necessarily bad; however, many youth ministers perceive them to be...