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Date:March 20, 2022Posted By:projectadminCategory:Church Growth, Youth Ministry Branding, Youth Ministry Marketing

Rebuilding Your Declining Youth Ministry Part I

A friend asked me a question: How do you rebuild after a significant decline in program attendance. The question is, what is significant. I would estimate that losing 80% of your youth is significant if you have 100 students. If you lose 50% of your students, and you only had 10 students, that’s pretty significant.…

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Date:February 9, 2020Posted By:Paul TurnerComments:1 CommentCategory:Church Growth, student leadership

The Worst Thing You Can Say To Your Students

I was scrolling through Instagram and I stopped on video of a youth pastor making a big announcement. What he said made me cringe and it is the very thing you should never say to your youth group. “we built this for you” The youth pastor was announcing a new youth room for their students.…

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Date:January 5, 2020Posted By:Paul TurnerCategory:Church Growth, Team Work, youth ministry jobs

Pastor, Here's How You Hold On To Talented Youth Workers

Youth Pastors do not leave churches, they leave Pastors. Pastor, does that shock you? I know that many pastors want to couch a youth pastors leaving their church in religious language and claiming God’s will, etc. but the truth is, they’re leaving you. Just like when two people break up, one person will try to…

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Date:September 16, 2019Posted By:Paul TurnerComments:1 CommentCategory:Church Growth, Team Work

7 Pillars That Will Keep Your Youth Ministry From Collapsing Part 7

This is part seven in my pillars of youth ministry series. You can start the series from the beginning here. Too many churches have youth groups meeting in their buildings. Yes, I said it right. There are churches who have youth groups who meet in their building but there is no connection between the groups.…

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Date:August 6, 2010Posted By:Paul TurnerComments:1 CommentCategory:Church Growth, Inspire Me, Leadership

My Top Five Foundation Builders For Youth Ministry

It’s simple, you can’t build a 2200 sq. ft house on a 100 sq. ft foundation and yet we have all tried. You’ve tried to build your youth ministry on hype but hype is short lived. Those who want to build their youth ministry large, must build the foundations wider and deeper. Scripture says, “When…

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