I love to preach. As a student pastor chances are that you love it as well. There’s something special, sacred, and weighty about teaching the Word of God and it’s a practice that we should hold with a great deal of respect and responsibility. It is a blessing every time you get to stand in front of ...
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Stop Being the Same Person Year After Year
One trait that I’ve seen among the most effective student pastors in any context is a desire to continually grow in their leadership. When I meet someone who has a teachable spirit, who wants to continually grow and improve, it tells me that they’re truly serious about the call that God has placed ...
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5 Ways to Use a Turkey in Student Ministry
Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and with it the start of holiday meals: the turkey. There’s something special about seeing a perfectly cooked Thanksgiving turkey sitting on the table, but this holiday season the turkey can be so much more. Here are 5 ways that you can use a turkey in your ...
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Be Transparent, Except When You Shouldn’t
Being transparent and real with your students is a key component in their discipleship process. Your students need to see that there are things you struggle with. They need to see that you’re a real person trying to follow Jesus instead of seeing you as a spiritual superhero who has everything under ...
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Boo for Halloween
Halloween can be a controversial holiday. In fact, some of you might be offended that the word Halloween is on this blog and that I referred to it as a holiday. In every church that I've served as a student pastor there have been people who hated Halloween and considered it unchristian, and people ...
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A Discipleship Interview – Part 3
In the final part of this series, Ben Trueblood talks with students about what they would tell student pastors to make them effective in their discipleship to students.
A Discipleship Interview - Part 3 from Lifeway Students on Vimeo.
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A Discipleship Interview – Part 2
In the second part of this video series, Ben Trueblood talks with students about what people have instilled in them that has impacted their discipleship journey.
Check out the video below, and stay tuned for part three!
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A Discipleship Interview – Part 1
Discipleship is something that you care deeply about. You have conversations about it with other student ministry leaders and you spend countless hours planning and thinking through how you are going to make disciples in your student ministry. But how often do you sit down with students and talk to ...
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More Than Football
Fall is about more than football in your student ministry. I know it’s Friday and more than likely there are football games in your hometown tonight. I also know that there’s a good chance you are heading to one (or a couple) of those games because it gives you the opportunity to connect with ...
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H3 Leadership: A Conversation with Brad Lomenick
Leading is difficult, and anyone who has been in a position of authority or influence for very long grapples with it. Renowned speaker, sought-after leadership consultant, author and longtime president of Catalyst Brad Lomenick knows this first-hand. Upon experiencing his own leadership crisis and ...
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