Regardless of the size of your student ministry, you have a team to lead. If you are in a church with multiple student ministry staff members, your team will look much different than the part-time youth director that has three small group leaders and someone who does games on Wednesday nights. The ...
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Episode 20: An Interview with Brian Mills, Author, Student Ministry Leader, and Consultant
In this episode, Ben and Brian discuss various topics in student ministry, and ministry in general, including evangelistic events and ministries, volunteers, leadership, and growth. Brian offers valuable insights from his leadership experiences as a student and church pastor, author, and ...
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Episode 17: Leadership and Mission with Eric Geiger
In this episode, Eric Geiger (Vice President, LifeWay Resources Division) joins Ben and John Paul to discuss leadership and mission in ministry. Eric also shares some invaluable principles he learned during his time in student ministry.
About Eric Geiger
Eric Geiger serves as one 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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Leader Training: Babysitters to Disciple Makers
If you were to evaluate the effectiveness of the leaders you have recruited, would you see babysitters or disciple makers? Have you fallen into the trap of rounding up any willing warm bodies that will fill in the gaps or have you been strategic in praying for the right people? Have you developed a ...
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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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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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Leadership Lessons – Part 2
One thing that separates great leaders from the rest of the pack is their use of time. Time is an interesting thing. Everyone has the same amount yet some people seem to be able to accomplish a lot more with the time than others. If you are in leadership, or aspire to leadership, your use of time ...
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Leadership Lessons – Part 1
“For this is what it means to be a king: to be first in every desperate attack and last in every desperate retreat, and when there’s hunger in the land (as must be now and then in bad years) to wear finer clothes and laugh louder over a scantier meal than any man in your land.” - C.S. Lewis
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Best Fall Ever – Part 2: Leader Empowerment
In gearing up for the fall, one of your highest priorities needs to be time spent focusing on your volunteer leaders. These leaders, if you’ve done a good job recruiting, are your greatest asset - if you know how to use them. Here are 14 tips for leader empowerment that will set you up for the best ...
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