Understanding Youth Ministry

Youth Ministry and whole congregations benefit when we understand generational difference and reach across them. This article is the first of three talking about Gen Z and how knowing them will help your ministry.

Youth and adults may have different ideas of what is engaging conversation. However, if we want to model faithful Christian relationships, it takes some simple conversation to get started!

Youth ministry is not meant to be just one more thing for teenagers to do among a huge list of to-do’s and other activities; Our youth ministries are mean to be a place of rest. This article helps us to think through how we can bring Sabbath and rest to our youth ministries.

Words shared after a big youth event can really excite you about all the time and effort you have put into making it happen. But where do we go from here? This article is designed to help you build on the moment from a big event to move forward?

It’s a hallmark of young adulthood to survive the tumultuous years of changing friendships and significant others, and to navigate the tricky dance to independence with one’s parents. In this devotion, we lift up in prayer the relationships of young people.

Many pastors have a desire to see youth ministry flourish in the places they serve, but it’s not always clear how the pastor might contribute to that flourishing. Here are three ways for pastors to start actively supporting youth ministry.

Gen Z can be afraid of a frightening and uncertain world, and afraid of their futures. They’re inordinately worried about school, careers, relationships, and mistakes. Join us in praying for young people and their fear.

Our future will undoubtedly be shaped by these times, and those who work with Gen Z must consider the ways this pandemic may affect the youngest generation, and what we can do to continue to work with and reach them right now.