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Ethics, Legal Issues and Risk Management

Today’s lesson features video from Dr. Allen Jackson’s Protecting Your Students and Your Student Ministry conference. Dr. Jackson shares tips on how you as a Student Minister can not only protect your

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Failing to Launch

Today’s lesson features video from the first session of Dr. Richard Ross’s Accelerate conference. Dr. Ross walks us through his newest book, Accelerate: Parenting Teenagers Toward Adulthood, equipping leaders to transition their

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A Lifetime of Learning

Youth ministers have innumerable ways to express their delight in Christ and His glory. One of those ways is learning about Him, His kingdom, and His ministry for a lifetime.

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Resolutions and Revolutions

In 2014, I celebrated two decades as youth ministry prof at New Orleans Seminary.  Any time there is a zero at the end of an anniversary, a birthday, or ministry

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Richard Ross

Something Big

When are you significant? When you accomplish something “big” for God, or When you rest in grace, serve faithfully, and leave the results to the King. From time to time

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Richard Ross

The Spiritual Disciplines

Bill Hull widely is respected as a leader in the field of discipleship. He says, “The common teaching is that a Christian is someone who by faith accepts Jesus as

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Allen Jackson

Volunteerism

The ever-accurate Wikipedia defines volunteerism as “The involvement of volunteers especially in community service or with a non-profit organization.” The U.S.A. has a history of volunteerism. The earliest Americans got

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Personal Growth

The Point of Youth Ministry

Christ is the founder of youth ministry, the goal of youth ministry, and the one who should shape youth ministry. Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch say it this way: “It

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