In the often-chaotic cloud that is everyday youth ministry, one goal always rises to the surface—growing disciples who follow Jesus with an all-in commitment. You’re after life-changing, inside-out transformation—driven by a passion for Jesus that spills out onto the lives of others.
What You’ll Find
The Discipleship section offers practical ideas and insights about effective discipleship in youth ministry. We explore the method and models and strategies your ministry can use to help “seed” a generation of teenagers who are all-in for Jesus.
I’m a FFB rookie; this is my first year “owning” a team. And I realize there are some undefeated teams out there, but I’m feeling pretty good (and lucky) about being 6-3 and tied for first. Here are a few comparisons I’ve noticed… – Week to week, you’re never sure what you’re going to get from your key players.…
Leneita Fix wrote a brilliant post on how to answer student’s questions that leave us speechless. I added a comment there, but I thought it might be helpful to also share a slice of an email along these lines that I wrote to our youth leaders.…
In the past week I have had different youth ask me these questions: What do I say when my parent’s tell me I’m never going to do anything with my life? I think I’m gay, and my parent’s told me they don’t want me to be.…
The gospel and suicide are connected to each other. As I stated last week, youth workers need to be proactive in regards to the issue of suicide, and one great way of doing this is to plant the gospel firmly within our students.…
Expectations are super important between parents and small group leaders. A lot of the issues I’ve run into between parents and small group leaders has been about expectations not being met or unrealistic expectations being casted. In this post I’ve listed a few expectations parents should have of leaders and leaders should have of parents.…
Here’s another GREAT post from our friend, Scott Rubin! Our middle school service had already started this past weekend; Tyler was walking in a few minutes late. I said “Hi” & held out my fist for a bump, but he skipped saying “hello”, and got right to the point.…
Hey Simply Insiders! We have another great guest post from Chris Roberts of Christ in Youth (CIY)! In his last one, he gave 5 Steps to Helping Students Find Their Identity. Today, Chris talks about how excellent worship can be the key to bringing your Jr.…
It starts around 9 or 10 years old. It’s like one day you wake up and can truly see for the first time all that you don’t like about your family, your changing body and your life for that matter. Not knowing how to process any of these feelings you just become over-emotional. …
Hey Insiders, We have a moving story for you today from Neely McQueen. There is something to learn for all of us here about slowing down and SEEING people. What can you take away as a lesson from Tyler’s story? By NEELY MCQUEEN My husband is a missions pastor at our church, and his office is about 200 feet away from mine.…
Good morning Simply Insiders, Rick Lawrence is up to bat with his latest devotional for y’all. Trust me, it’s as interesting as the title sounds! Read on and be challenged and encouraged. BY RICK LAWRENCE Yesterday I picked up my daughter and her best friend from their first-ever Fellowship of Christian Athletes meeting—they’re both high school freshmen, excited and challenged by all the “new” swirling around them.…
