Youth Ministry

During this pandemic, youth leaders have the opportunity to reexamine discipleship models and measurements.

Families of vulnerable children often feel unwelcome in their own churches. Here are five ways to change that.

Can the church offer our loneliest students something more than a place to make friends?

What a tiny town in Pennsylvania tells us about life-giving community.

Our research underscores the crucial role of intergenerational relationships.

What it takes to engage young people may surprise you.

These five pastors’ stories point toward a bigger story.

Christian millennials are into the Good Book but face skepticism from peers.

For millennials who graduate and can’t get their dream job, Lisa Slayton reminds them that it’s okay to be faithful in the small things and build a book of experience that will serve them in later pursuits.

Pining for the days of the early church can distract us from leading faithfully today.

Candi Cushman on the importance of giving youth a platform to talk about sexual purity.

What churches do for trauma.

Raised in a culture that porn-ifies sex and deifies desire, today’s young adults need a bigger vision of sexuality.

There are benefits to the sometimes-awkward transition.

What it takes to go with Jesus into unlikely parts of the world.

During the “driver’s license to marriage license hiatus,” young adults tend to leave the church and their faith. How should we—and the church—respond?

Church services can still be attractive when we stop being attractional.

Give kids a safe place to play.

New research reveals what Millennials like—and don’t like—about churches, and what we can do to reach them.

Discipleship, generational faith, and the importance of work as integral in our lives.