The following post was written by Ben Trueblood, Director of Lifeway Student Ministry
Healthy student ministries are evangelistic. I know, using that word can be dangerous. There are probably some who began to cringe at the very mention of the word. In today’s church culture there are some who ...
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A Framework for Evaluating Student Ministry
The following post was written by Ben Trueblood, Director of Lifeway Student Ministry
I’m a big believer in evaluation. I’m also a believer in having a clear framework for evaluation. One of the most pointless meetings you could have is an evaluation meeting where there’s no framework or path to ...
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3 Things You Can’t Miss with Your Disciple Now: Connecting Relationally
The following post was written by Ben Trueblood, Director of Lifeway Student Ministry. This is the third installment in a three-part series.
Part 3
I know the feeling you get as a student pastor when the weekend of your event arrives. You’ve spent months planning and trying to get students to ...
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Preparing for the New Year of Ministry: Personal Development
The following post was written by Ben Trueblood, Director of Lifeway Student Ministry
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For the last three weeks we have been looking at the pieces of a wise discipleship plan: why the plan is important, developing your leaders, and the role that events play ...
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Preparing for the New Year of Ministry: Event Strategy
The following post was written by Ben Trueblood, Director of Lifeway Student Ministry
I have a love / hate relationship with events in student ministry. There have been times in ministry when I have lived from event to event trying to ride the wave of momentum. There have also been times when ...
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What to Read Wednesday
The following post was written by Ben Trueblood, Director of Lifeway Student Ministry
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- It’s Christmas time so what better way to start off this week’s “What to Read Wednesday” than with some research about what Americans think about the Christian part of ...
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Preparing for the New Year of Ministry: Developing Leaders
The following post was written by Ben Trueblood, Director of Lifeway Student Ministry
I have always been fascinated by trains. As a kid (and if I’m honest still as an adult) I loved those giant model train sets that take up an entire room with full landscaping, buildings, and multiple trains. ...
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Preparing for the New Year of Ministry: Wise Discipleship Plan
The following post was written by Ben Trueblood, Director of Lifeway Student Ministry
Six months from right now there will be students from your ministry who walk across a graduation stage. It will be the close of a chapter and the opening of a new one for them, and for your ministry as you say ...
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Taking Time to Celebrate
The following post was written by Ben Trueblood, Director of Lifeway Student Ministry
When I played football in high school (no this isn’t going to be an old high school glory-on-the-field story because, well, the story wouldn’t last too long)... At any rate, one of the things that I remember ...
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5 Things to be Thankful for in Student Ministry
The following post was written by Ben Trueblood, Director of Lifeway Student Ministry
1. Your calling - It is a special thing to be called by God to serve in ministry. While every believer should “minister” to others, the calling that you have isn’t given to everyone. You have been chosen by God ...
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