Leadership is challenging. You don’t have to read an article to know that. Part of the challenge is that leading well is not just something we do, but it is something we cultivate in others. Good leaders know the work of ministry is not their own but that of Jesus Christ.

Young people bring fresh hope and perspective to worship, and your students need to feel that they are an integral part of your church family and ministry.

Teens remember us as people -- what we say and do -- much more than the lessons we teach.

An exercise to help youth leaders take the spiritual pulse of their students.

Gain strategies for helping hurting kids from the Center for Parent Youth Understanding.

What do we do? Are we happy students are at least giving youth ministry a try, or is their reluctance causing them to resent the church and bring others down?

We're pretty sure Billy Joel didn't have youth ministry in mind when he wrote the song (and we've never quite understood the WOs and LAs), but this much is true: You don't get a second chance to make a first impression. What happens during the first 60 minutes a student spends at the first youth meeting...

Is your youth ministry in a holding pattern? Is it just Sunday morning, Sunday night and Wednesday night as usual?

Reflections from 15 years of youth ministry research

One of the reasons I did not originally pursue work in the field of youth ministry is that I never took it seriously. So you can imagine my surprise that after years of planning to enter the mission field as an anthropological consultant, I now find myself deeply entrenched in youth ministry! But I still...