Before Reading On: If you’re thinking about quitting, don’t let this article be the deciding factor. These are reasons based on my experiences, some I acted on and some I did not. Most of my decisions to stay or leave a church were bathed in prayer and struggle. I write this to you because I…
I was recently talking to a young man who desperately would like to be a full time youth pastor, and I told him, “You might want to rethink that.” Here are a few of the reasons I gave him for pursuing the full time opportunity. If it would diminish your influence n the community As…
I was absolutely clueless in my first three jobs as a youth pastor. Maybe that’s why I was let go from two of them. I did’t do an any thing wrong, I just couldn’t the signs that I was screwing up. Part of that screwing up was my inability to detect what my pastor wanted.…
A few years ago I wrote an article called 11 Important Youth Pastor Job Interview Questions You Should Be Able To Answer (It’s been my most viewed post). Next, I wrote and article called 5 Critical Job Interview Questions Every Youth Pastor Should Ask I would like to add to the list of questions you should…
It’s the middle of summer and I’m missing football. This got me thinking about the churches I’ve served at and I feel like I needed to equate them to NFL teams. In no particular order, on purpose, One church I compare to the Chargers, They were fun with lots of great moments and lots of talent,…
I tried the streaming app Periscope for Twitter. It was short notice to my followers, but I gave it a shot. Thank you to the three people who watched and for watching the entire seven minutes. I have been talking with several students lately about their call to youth ministry. One student has the opportunity…
We had a new member or prospective new member at a luncheon. Each of the staff had a minute or two to introduce themselves and share what they did at the church. I thought I made a good pitch but our Pastor made an interesting observation about all our introductions. He said, “What I noticed…
Would you like to find out how deep your youth ministry is when it comes to disciple making? Submerged Sessions are meant to show you and your students where everyone is at tin the pool. It will show you who's in the shallow end, waist deep, neck deep and submerged/ More importantly, it lays out a process for how to get you kids from the kiddie pool to the deep end of faith.
Lessons include
