During this season of egg hunts, peeps and chocolate rabbits, prize incentives, and food giveaways, the message of the gospel is often overtaken by the church’s pursuit to capitalize on a season of strong attendance. In an effort to re-center our focus, I want to dive into the events leading up to ...
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Boosting Your Ministry Through Baptism
The following post was written by John Paul Basham, Student Ministry Specialist
The more I speak to Student Pastors around the country, the more I hear questions along the lines of, how to inject new life into a struggling ministry, or how to grow a ministry that has plateaued. Although there is ...
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The Art of Giving an Invitation
The following post was written by John Paul Basham, Student Ministry Specialist
The house is packed, the stage is glimmering with creative ingenuity, the band concludes a worship set that might as well have been a live recording for the next Hillsong United record, and the people are primed to be ...
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Clearing the Field
The following post was written by John Paul Basham, Student Ministry Specialist
Somewhere in the land between Bud Light beer and Bud’s Best cookies live all the young men in your ministry. Boys struggle with a wide range of issues from laziness, time management, and video games, to sex, ...
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Bored to Sex
The following post was written by John Paul Basham, Student Ministry Specialist
Is it an impossible task to raise a generation of sexually pure young men in this day and age? Are we fighting a losing battle?
Research shows that 9 out of every 10 boys have viewed pornography by the age of 18, ...
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Strengthening Your Ministry Through Networking
The following post was written by John Paul Basham, Student Ministry Specialist
One of the most powerful tools in any industry is networking, and it is no different for those in ministry. We can all come up with a list of reasons that we haven’t networked the way that we should, whether it be ...
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What to Read Wednesday
The following post was written by John Paul Basham, Student Ministry Specialist
One of the constant challenges in the intentional discipleship of students is taking the time to teach them how to navigate the world around them. As pastors and mentors of students, there is a great responsibility to ...
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