Adam Griffin

Youth ministers are in the unique place of bearing the secrets of their students, sometimes those of their students' parents, not to mention their own. Some are meant to be kept, while others must be made known.

"Perhaps we didn't lose them. Maybe we never had them to begin with. We just didn't know it."

For the six years I served as a church youth director, I was determined to communicate the gospel of Christ to any teenagers within my sphere of influence. I desperately wanted to see lives changed but was repeatedly discouraged that my influence and love were counteracted—often overtly—by an opposing...

After extensive research, I have discovered that about half of all humans are dudes and the other half are ladies. In a lot of communities that ratio has not held true among Christian youth workers. In our north Texas ‘burb, for instance, there are more than 40 professional church and parachurch youth...

Serving Military Families on the Homefront: What can a youth ministry worker do to help meet the unique needs of mili­tary families?