Mission trips can have an incredible impact on youth, their families, youth ministries and churches. Mission trips long have been a part of many youth ministry programs and have varied greatly in form and impor...

Most youth workers do not get excited about fundraising. Whether it is for the ministry budget, the youth trips or to help fund something else, it is not in most youth workers' nature to enjoy fundraising. Some...

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Even as I write this article, I admit the great irony that exists in its title. How can one be passionate about fundraising? Shouldn't our passion in youth ministry be directed elsewhere? It would seem difficul...

Short-term mission trips can be some of the most powerful experiences of any youth ministry, especially in the local church setting. There are many ways to approach youth mission trips. Some churches use variou...

Fundraising, especially youth ministry fundraising in a local church, can be a source of tension and frustration for all involved. Most youth workers dread this part of the job and engage with it as a necessary...