Healthy student ministries help their students to connect with God’s heart for the nations. From the beginning of scripture to the end it is clear that God is building a people from every tribe and tongue. I think you would agree with me that student ministry in general needs to do a better job at ...
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I Do Believe in God… And Yet
When I was seven years old, I walked into my dad’s study at home one day and told him I wanted to follow Jesus. I don’t remember why. It might have been fear of hell, it might have been a desire to spend eternity with my family, or it might have been guilt. I sat on his knee and had a conversation ...
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Why Your Students Should Care About Baptism
As a student pastor, baptism was one of my favorite parts of ministry! It is a profound privilege to share in the moment of celebration and victory in Jesus that a person feels on the day of their baptism. My passion for seeing students saved and baptized was something that I kept constantly in ...
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Teaching Your Students How to Pray
Teaching students how to pray should be one of the pillars of every student pastor’s ministry. Knowing that prayer is one of the primary components to relationship with God and sanctification in Him, we must prioritize the teaching and continual practice of this discipline. First and foremost, never ...
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Reverse the Trend: An Emphasis on Student Ministry Evangelism and Baptism
In July 2014 Ronnie Floyd, president of the Southern Baptist Convention posted this blog on the current and declining state of student ministry evangelism and baptisms. Dr. Floyd’s main three points:
We are not reaching young people effectively.
We are not discipling young people ...
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The New Kid – Part 2: From Kids Ministry to Student Ministry
For kids, parents, and student pastors, the transition from kids ministry to student ministry is a BIG deal! I’ll never forget seeing the 5th graders in our kids ministry march into our student center for the first time. Every year I would make the same comment, that “these must be 3rd graders not ...
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The New Kid – Part 1: Creating a Welcoming Environment
Being the new kid is tough. Visiting a church for the first time can be intimidating. The problem is that we as leaders seldom feel this experience and so it is difficult to create a truly welcoming environment. When the new kid comes to your student ministry for the first time you want him to walk ...
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Married to the Ministry
Proverbs 31:11-12
“Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.”
I have found through 12 years of marriage and full time ministry that being a minister’s wife is a profound honor and privilege! Just the reality that ...
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Punching Burnout in the Face
Burnout is a real thing. Its job is to knock you out, and it happens all the time. Burnout frequently causes student ministry leaders to prematurely change churches or quit ministry altogether. It doesn’t have to happen to you, and the first key to punching burnout in the face is knowing where it ...
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Blueprint: Growing Your Student Ministry – Part 2
I spent the first three years of college in the business school at the University of Arkansas where the focus of my degree was transportation and logistics. Many of our discussions focused on Wal-Mart, which isn’t surprising considering Wal-Mart headquarters is nearby and the business school is ...
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