We asked four seasoned youth workers one simple but pressing questions: What does teen spirituality look like? Here's what they said...

Successful mission trips require preparation. Proper preparation builds and unifies teams, roots them in Scripture, equips them for cross-cultural ministry, and focuses them on Christ. Regardless of what type o...

I'm in countdown mode. My fall programming starts in 5 weeks... And I'm on vacation for two of them. Needless to say, that means I'm knee-deep in program prep for the fall. I'm recruiting adult leaders, tra...

Even if your bags are barely unpacked from this summer's trip, it's time to start planning your next mission trip. Before you zoom in on the specifics of your next mission trip, zoom out. Spend time with you...

I'm a new mom. Currently, my 9-month old daughter, Hope, is into everything. She's a speedy crawler who's started pulling herself up and cruising along furniture. As Hope has become more mobile, I've become ...

8 Ideas you can use right now to moving teens from chair sitters to leaders.

I want teens to feel free to shed tears in my youth ministry. I want them to know that emotions aren't wrong and that tears aren't shameful. What I don't want to do anymore is try and program teens' tears, because that's not God moving. That's behavioral modification and manipulation.

How do we reach hurting teens? These youthworkers have ideas...

When ministry becomes your entire life, you're on the fast track toward burnout or worse, a deadly fall from the leadership pedestal.

Carl Medearis Bethany House Publishers, 2015, 208 pp., $12.33 I majored in electrical engineering in college, a major that seemed logical for me because I was good at math and science and knew that engineer...