I would say there is a good chance that, as a student pastor, you aren’t spending your day staring at walls lined with endless mathematical equations, hunched over a series of beakers and tubes, or engineering a new landing gear deployment system. It's a good thing too because you aren’t called to ...
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Extracurricular – Part 3: At Home
Great student pastors across the world are fighting a weekly battle for the attention of their students. The problem is that the time that we have to influence our students is extremely minimal in comparison to the time students spend in other environments. As I travel the country and train student ...
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Big Gains – Part 2: Camp
No matter what your camp attendance is this year, any great student pastor is always trying to grow year over year. This article is going to show you a couple of ways to boost your camp attendance and produce some big gains for next year!
Boosting Volunteer Enlistment
Often one of the hardest ...
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Effective Event Planning
At this point, the bulk of your summer event planning should be done and now it ought to just be down to the fine-tuning before your events hit! (Although I know good and well that some of you are scrambling right now to pull everything together for camp! Its okay, I won't tell!) Whether you are ...
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Breaking Camp
Camp is one of the most exciting events for student ministries every year! Year after year student pastors see God moving and working in the lives of their kids to save them, free them from sin, and call them into His purpose. Knowing the power of a week-long retreat like this, there must be great ...
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What to Read Wednesday
The events in Baltimore have raised countless questions in multiple arenas and so far the questions seem to outweigh the answers. The sad truth is however that the world is asking all of the wrong questions as it seeks out answers to why these events have transpired in the way that they have. Below ...
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3 Keys to Ministry Through Volunteers
As a student pastor, one of your greatest assets is your volunteer workforce, and as their leader, one of your top priorities should be making sure that they are properly trained, equipped, and motivated toward the task at hand.
Here are 3 things to keep in mind as you move forward with your ...
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Good Camp to Great Camp
We are right on the heels of Summer Camp this year!! Your summer camp is one of the biggest events that you will offer to your students all year, and done right, it can be one of the most fruitful events that you offer all year. Camp is one of just a few opportunities each year that you have your ...
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5 Ways to Make Your Worship Service Better This Week
One thing that most student ministries have in common is their mid-week worship service. Although these experiences look different all across the country, there are some universal checkpoints that can help improve any student worship service. Here are 5 things to consider when looking to raise the ...
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What to Read Wednesday
Have you ever felt like you were stuck in a rut? It is extremely common for leaders in ministry to find themselves becoming lulled by the rhythm of ministry and comfortable in the way things have always been done. This article by Pastor Ronnie Floyd gives some great insight into this ...
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