youth ministry

If you want to connect with kids, show up on their phones. Adapt youth ministry to the places they always are: the digital world.

As a Kids Ministry Leader, it can feel like there are endless groups of people with whom you are responsible for communicating. Within Planning Center People, Lists are an excellent and often under-utilized resource for helping you stay organized. Here are 9 to check out today.

"Go where students are" is one of the key phrases student ministers hear when they begin doing youth ministry. The idea is, if you want to reach students for Christ, you need to go where they are. If you want to connect with kids today, find a way to communicate via smartphone. Here are some tips.

Youth ministry requires huge amounts of expertise in handling a variety of ministry issues. Studies show that kids who are exposed to Christianity even if their parents don't take them to church have a much higher chance of encountering and engaging with the Gospel. We've complied this list of youth ministry conferences to provide you with opportunities to learn and grow in your ministry craft. There are conferences all over the country to choose from. 

Increasingly, creative media is engaging modern audiences deeply and widely in the Bible. Based in overwhelmingly secular Portland, OR, The Bible Project is at the leading edge of guiding young audiences into Biblical studies. Especially and ironically where faith is least popular, according to Barna Research.

Church communication can feel daunting at times even for the most experienced church communicators and pastors. Thriving churches communicate in ways that simplify this process and focus on getting the message to their audience with ease.

Recharge, renew, revitalize, and inspire! This is what conferences offer attendees and why many church leaders set aside time to join leadership conferences every year. The purpose of these gatherings is to give church leaders precious time away from the grind of church life to refresh, learn, expand, gather resources, and connect with other leaders.

The overuse of technology has the potential to decrease the amount of quality time that families spend together. In light of this, some might be skeptical of relying on the internet to lead family devotions. But when used carefully, the web provides a host of options for spiritual growth, including solid family devotionals that can be read online for free.