January 28, 2011
Sponsor An Evangelist In India
Central India Christian Mission offers sponsorship opportunities for children and evangelists serving across India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and nearby regions.
Articles for tag: Youth Ministry
December 29, 2010
Family Resemblance
Teresa Schantz Williams reflects on the strengths she discovered in a cappella churches of Christ, including servant leadership, active elders, congregational worship, and bridges within the Restoration family.
November 13, 2010
My Journey to Journey
Darin Brown reflects on how dissatisfaction, renewed vision, and humble next steps helped transform a struggling church plant into a new season of outreach and growth.
October 16, 2010
The Best Pizza I Ever Had
George Ross reflects on church conflict, forgiveness, and the surprising sweetness of reconciliation suppers shared with formerly estranged friends in the body of Christ.
September 16, 2010
MEDIUM-SIZED CHURCHES: Preacher Paints Grace in a Fresh Way
Oak Park Christian Church in Grover Beach, California, grew through hardship, pastoral transition, and a renewed commitment to love people where they are.
August 1, 2010
Interview with Derek Lauer
Derek Lauer reflects on pastoral ministry, stress, burnout, loneliness, vulnerability, and the essential role elders play in supporting ministers through difficult seasons.
June 27, 2010
Evangelize Unreached Teenagers? (It Can Be Dangerous)
Rick Bundschuh challenges churches to count the cost of evangelizing unreached teens, especially when outreach brings disruption, conflict, and the joy of changed lives.
June 23, 2010
Loving Sinners Outside Church-as-We”˜ve-Known-It
Mark A. Taylor reflects on reaching the unreached, loving people beyond comfortable church boundaries, and learning from ministries willing to encounter messy lives with gospel-shaped compassion.
God at Work in the Middle of the Week
Small-town churches in Illinois and Indiana show how midweek ministry can reach children, serve families, and renew a congregation’s sense of mission beyond Sunday morning.
Generation to Generation: An Interview with Wayne Rice
Youth ministry pioneer Wayne Rice reflects on Youth Specialties, intergenerational church life, and why parents and the whole congregation matter in helping teens grow in faith.
December 2, 2009
Interview with David Bycroft
David Bycroft reflects on how Tyro Christian Church grew in a town of 250 through long-term leadership, volunteer ministry, rural outreach, and a steady focus on reaching the lost.
November 8, 2009
City Centered: Making a Difference One Relationship at a Time
Hope Inner City serves Cincinnati through long-term relationships, challenging program-driven assumptions and showing how urban ministry can prioritize presence, discipleship, and faithful love.
June 14, 2009
A Long Ministry
Ken Wood’s decades of ministry at Tonawanda Church of Christ show how long-term faithfulness can shape a congregation, serve a community, and build trust across generations.
May 6, 2009
Interview with Glen & Shirley Liston
Glen and Shirley Liston reflect on raising five sons in a ministry family, encouraging churches, parents, and young people to value faithful service and vocational ministry.
November 30, 2008
More Than Fun and Games
Ben Walker challenges churches to move beyond entertainment-driven youth ministry and equip teens with deeper discipleship, apologetics, and worldview training before they leave high school.
November 19, 2008
Interview with Ralph Eichelberger
Ralph Eichelberger of Round Lake Christian Assembly reflects on Christian camping, youth discipleship, missions, specialty camps, and why churches should keep camp central to spiritual formation.
Windows of Youth Ministry
Curtis Booher and Phyllis Fox examine millennial students, their generational traits, and why youth ministry must become more holistic, intergenerational, participatory, and rooted in the gospel.
October 5, 2008
Raising Up the Next Generation of Genuine Leaders
John Derry encourages churches to develop future leaders by identifying potential, investing resources, providing hands-on experience, and inspiring young people to embrace servant-leadership.
September 21, 2008
NACC Viewpoints: Teens Need the NACC
Phyllis Fox, NACC Teen Convention, North American Christian Convention, Youth in Ministry, Milligan College, Emmanuel School of Religion, Student Leader in Christian Service, youth ministry,
August 31, 2008
Parents Matter
By Curtis Booher and Phyllis Fox Parents matter. More than anyone””peers, teachers, youth ministers””the greatest single influence on a teen is his parents. That may shock some parents who feel like a discarded shoe when their children reach adolescence. Research proves parents have the greatest effect on their children”s choices, including their religious and spiritual practices. Teens long to be cared for and taken seriously and they need authentic relationships with their parents and other caring adults. Christian parents need support from the church and that means more than youth group and Bible studies. The alarming rate of teen church
