A healthy youth ministry requires a healthy youth minister.
Conferences are awesome. (No really, we love them!) But imagine the impact of conference-level investment in your leadership and spiritual life for a full year . . .
Youth Ministry Booster membership is just $199—less than the price ...
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Your First 3 Months in a New Role
Don't skip over this one, even if you've been in your role for a while! In this video, Ben jumps into some of the most crucial ways you can set yourself up for success in your ministry role. There's always more learning that can be done.
It's easy to feel overwhelmed in a new role or even when ...
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Tired of Growing? Do These 3 Things
I’ve felt tired of growing, have you? In leadership, there are consistent messages about how we need to get better. In our spiritual lives, there is a right expectation that we will continue to grow in our faith, and many ministry leaders feel personal pressure here as well as pressure to continue ...
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Things to Remember When You Leave a Church
As a student pastor, I often felt that there was a lot of information available on how to start in a new church, but not much on how to leave where you are. It’s an awkward time that can be celebratory and rewarding if handled correctly, while the opposite can certainly be true if you aren’t ...
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3 Conversations To Have Before You Leave Your Staff Position
Exiting from any position is an exercise in grace. If there is only one statement that you read from this whole post hear me say this:
Most of all, people will remember how you left,
not what you did.
The many years of awesome weeks, powerful lessons, silly moments, and big ...
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What Your Pastor Wants You to Know About Quitting
You might notice a theme for this week's content across the blog, Student Ministry That Matters YouTube channel, and our podcast. This season has been HARD for ministry leaders. Many of you might be in a season of doubt or wondering if where you are right now is still the right place to be.
This ...
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Strength vs. Sufficient Grace
I’ve spent a considerable amount of time as a leader trying to project strength in moments of weakness. My first full-time ministry position was as a middle school pastor in a large church that—if I’m being honest—at the age of 21, I did not have enough experience for.
Because of that early ...
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The Secrets of Scaling Down: 5 Things To Do With 5 Students
In my second year of seminary, I drove an hour each way twice a week to serve as a youth associate for an aging Baptist church in rural North Carolina. It was an endowed position by the seminary to help place young seminary students with congregations that were eager for more staff support (i.e. ...
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Jack of All Ministry Trades, Master of None
Those who know me best would say I am a collector of hobbies. While I pushed against that descriptor for a long time, my bookshelves, closet, and garage space all reveal the truth. I admit it . . . I am a collector of hobbies. I’m always up for trying something new, especially if it involves some ...
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The Role of Friends in Ministry
My all-time favorite movie is Forrest Gump. I am convinced it is the GOAT of movies. It teaches history and was on the cutting edge of cinema with a great plot line and amazing actors. One of the best scenes in the movie is when Forrest and Bubba were in Vietnam and they were packing through a ...
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