Evaluation

Below you’ll find articles from the topic Evaluation. All of the articles on YouthWorker.com represent some of the best youth ministry content, written by experienced pastors. We pray you’ll find these to be a helpful resource in your ministry.

The 5 Rules to Fight Youth Ministry Stereotypes

Spanky D

(March 2010)

Straight from Simply Youth Ministry Conference 2010, a handy list of don'ts for youth workers
Video: Sticky-notes Training

(February 2010)

An exercise to help youth leaders take the spiritual pulse of their students.
Managing It the Next Time: When Your First Time Stinks

Syler Thomas

(December 2009)

There are a lot of wonderful things about youth ministry: free pizza; unclaimed lost-and-found items (I haven't bought a towel in years); all-expense-paid trips to some of the finest retreat centers in the country (with slogans such as "No one does creaky bunk beds like us—we're the creakiest!") But...
More Than a Meeting, Programming as Discipleship

Duffy Robbins

(December 2009)

As within governments and other organizations, financial gaffs tragically reflect what goes on today consistently in youth ministries across the country. We continue to spend astronomical amounts of time, money and energy on programs and structures so we can say, "It's the largest ever built"—yet half...
Is Your Job a Good Fit?

(December 2009)

That’s what Bryan W. Booker, a doctoral candidate at Western Michigan University wants to know. And he needs your help!
Successful Senior/Youth Pastor Relationships

Ken Swatman

(August 2009)

Honestly, I never intended to betray my first love (youth ministry). The thought of defecting to the other side of church leadership was unpleasant at best. Yet here I am...
Count What Counts: Learning from YFC's New Assessment Tools

Dr. Dave Rahn

(June 2009)

I’ve been told that the notion of ministry assessment is not naturally attractive to today’s young, postmodern youth worker. Being 55 years old, I need to confess that is not how I’m wired. I’ve always wanted to know—check that: needed to know—that what I’m doing is making a real difference in the kingdom...
YWJ Roundtable: Making a Difference

Steve Case

(June 2009)

What impact am I having in the lives of the kids I serve? Some of the best youth workers constantly ask themselves this question, but the answers are hard to find. Much of youth work is a form of seed planting. The fruit may not be evident for years. That’s why we assembled three youth ministry veterans...
The Feedback Void

Mark Oestreicher

(April 2009)

If you teach a second-grade Sunday School class, you can tell by kids’ participation how you’re doing. If you volunteer in the parking lot ministry of your church, the cars either get parked or they don’t. If you preach sermons in “big church,” people always let you know what they think. Really, almost...
Taking Youth Ministry Deeper

David Crim

(May 2007)

A YouthWorker Journal Roundtable on Spiritual Growth What strategies can youth ministry leaders employto improve their discipleship ministries?

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