What percentage of your church are youth?

So for example. Let’s say you have 100 people total in your church including youth. And out of those 100 you have 35 young people. Then you have 35% youth in your church. Leave a comment! Don’t just lurk.

Challenges of Digital Media in Emerging Communication

From the excesses of television and films to Internet pornography, few will argue that the unchecked spiral of media in today’s culture has not been spiritually destructive, offering bankrupt symbolism and a fragmented community to pass on to the youth. Youth find Digital Media themselves in a culture of moral meltdown, where the truth can no [...]

Millennials // A Portrait of Generation Next

Generations, like people, have personalities, and Millennials – the American teens and twenty-somethings who are making the passage into adulthood at the start of a new millennium – have begun to forge theirs: confident, self-expressive, liberal, upbeat and open to change. They are more ethnically and racially diverse than older adults. They’re less religious, less likely to have served in [...]

How Old is the Youth Pastor at your church?

Rate your connection with your Sr. Pastor

Youth Pastors: How would you rate your connection with your Senior Pastor. Is it important for Youth Pastors to be connected to their Senior Pastor? What is your thought?

Youth Ministry Poll

Do you Small Group?

We have had HUGE success here in Stockton(acts-twenty9) with Small Groups. Let me just say that they are the glue that keeps us together. In a future post I would love to discuss SGs in more detail. But for now, do you Small Group? – Brandon

Student/Youth/Teen Ministry Poll

Ok, as you may or may not be aware of  there is a small debate over semantics within Student/Youth/Teen Ministry. The debate is over what to call “them” and the pastor over “them”. Please participate in this poll and leave a coment as to why you answered the way you did. Join the conversation! – [...]

What do you think?

I know that all of these elements are very important to a healthy YM, but what would you put on top? Don’t forget to leave a comment, your thoughts count. -Brandon