As Released in the January Issue of Children's Ministry Magazine and online, Group Publishing Seeks to Open Discussion about the Church in 2009.

OK. “Intergenerational youth ministry” may sound like an oxymoron, but think about it. What can be more normal than other generations being a part of ministry to young people / teenagers / students / adolescents / whatever? I’m not trying to return to back-in-the-day days, nor am I trying to sound culturally...

Helping kids combat anxiety and depression -- My journey as a vocational youth ministry worker started out in 1995 with a minty-fresh seminary degree, killer guitar chops and the ability to capture the attention of even the most distracted adolescent.

The six keys to a young person's heart

What should parents do when they experience the highs and lows of parenting in a rapidly changing world? What should youth miniistry workers and others in relationships with teenagers do to close the gap and become more effective at ful­filling their unique callings?

One of the simplest yet best ministries youth workers can have is to come alongside the parents of students in their group and offer guidance for family devotionals. Most parents don’t know where to begin. I literally have handed parents teen devotional books or youth ministry curriculum and challenged...

The bottom line in youth ministry is not how many students you have participating in your youth group right now. It’s where those students will be in five or ten years. If they have integrated their life into the church, then their youth ministry experience has been successful. If, like so many students,...

YouthWorker Journal is pleased to welcome Jim Burns back to our pages. Many of you already know about Jim and his decades of work with youth ministry, churches, and families. For the rest of you, here’s a crash course. Dr. Jim (he has a Ph.D. in religious education from England’s Greenwich School of...