I’ve noticed throughout the years that student pastors have developed adverse feelings to following words: evangelist, evangelistic, numbers, and invitation. At the same time churches in the Southern Baptist Convention have declined in youth baptisms at an alarming rate. In 2013 60% of the 46,125 ...
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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 13: An Evangelism Conversation with Matt Brown
In this episode of the Lifeway Student Ministry Podcast, Ben is joined by evangelist and author Matt Brown. They discuss various aspects of leadership and evangelism, and share practical ways to help students become more focused on reaching others for Christ.
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Brock Gill: Creativity in Evangelism
Anyone who knows me may think it's a strange thing for me to be writing a blog about creativity because I am one of the least creative people on planet Earth! In traveling the country and speaking with student pastors in different regions of the country, I have found, however, that I am not alone! ...
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Helping Students Connect with Evangelism
The following post was written by Ben Trueblood, Director of Lifeway Student Ministry
Healthy student ministries are evangelistic. I know, using that word can be dangerous. There are probably some who began to cringe at the very mention of the word. In today’s church culture there are some who ...
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Book Review: The Unbelievable Gospel
The following review was written by Andy McLean, Editor of The Gospel Project for Students
Jonathan K. Dodson. The Unbelievable Gospel: Say Something Worth Believing. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014. 226pp. $16.99
While there have certainly been books on the market in recent years that touch on ...
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Element #1 of a Healthy Student Ministry: Kingdom Expanding
Healthy student ministries are kingdom expanding. They are evangelistic. In a healthy student ministry there will be students who meet Jesus and are rescued from their sin. We have all heard this statement before: “The majority of people who meet Jesus do so before they graduate high school.” We ...
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