Youth Ministry Exchange

By Patti Gibbons Anticipation for the newest artistry from David Crowder Band has been building since the day the band stepped foot into the studio to begin making Church Music, fueling the masses with active social media interaction throughout...

By Tim Gibbons When I hear that a band is releasing their fourth album I get excited because I want to see how the band has grown and matured over the years...

Welcome to the Masquerade, the fifth studio album from Canadian hard-rock group Thousand Foot Krutch, is a perfect representation of where the band has come from and where they are going...

By Adam McLane Last night I was listening to the latest episode of This American Life about origin stories of new industries and companies. Many well-known companies have a myth that they started in a garage...

June is upon us and school is ended, or ending, for most of our students. We thought you might appreciate a free lesson that you could use to make summer gatherings (or Fall planning) simpler! Then, we thought, why not give you two? So, here you go...

By Adam McLane That title might turn a lot of people off. So, let me state the hypothesis of this right away: God cares greatly that you and your ministry are succesful. He wants to see you be great. He wants you to succeed in the position in which He has placed you.

By Adam McLane I've been thinking a lot lately about the pressures on those of us who work in churches in contrast to those of the particular ministry we help lead. All too often I meet people who are deeply conflicted about working for the church.

The seniors in our churches are graduating and preparing to head into some of the biggest challenges of their young adult lives...

FM Static, popular side-project of rockers from Thousand Foot Krutch, have teamed up with Youth Specialties to bring a free devotional guide to youth pastors. The Dear Diary Bible study guide is designed as multi-platform Vacation Bible School or outreach for teens...

If you work with students, you will encounter crisis. Leading crisis-management expert Rich Van Pelt and respected author and youth worker Jim Hancock unfold step-by-step plans for managing the fallout from all sorts of worst-case scenarios, from substance abuse to natural disasters...

By Adam McLane Have you ever been bitten by a sheep? I have. Of course, by sheep I mean a church member so for any farmers who might read this we're talking about church members as sheep...

We all want a transformational student ministry, but we need to remember that God has to be the one doing the transformation in the lives of our students...

By Adam McLane A few weeks back I posted a little video on my blog. I was surprised by the response. In this video I reflected on my time working in churches and confessed something like this, The stuff I spent the most time doing had little long-term impact...

By Patti Gibbons The central question of long-time youth minister and youth ministry consultant Mark Riddle's book Inside the Mind of Youth Pastors - A Church Leader's Guide to Staffing and Leading Youth Pastors asks Why does your church want to hire a youth pastor...