Youth Ministry Exchange

By Brian Senecal For three long years a storm has been building on the horizon. Changes in the atmosphere have taken place - a new in-home studio, a new label, and a return to a sense of purpose...

By Sean Wendell Worship powerhouse Hillsong United recently hosted a live event on 440 US movie screens to debut their documentary, The i Heart Revolution: We’re All In This Together. ...

By Patti Gibbons Filled with character portraits sharing stories of determined, sold-out living, Zach Hunter's Lose Your Cool offers teenagers fuel to move on making a difference in their world...

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...