Month: July 2013
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The Price of The Gospel
The following post comes from Adventures of Lauren. She is currently doing an internship in youth ministry at a church in Ashburn Virginia and had a eye opening experience on a mission trip to Philadelphia, which is what this post is about. Lauren is entering her senior year at Grove City College in PA. “For…
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I’ve been reading a version of John Owen’s “Overcoming Sin and Temptation” recently and have been really amazed by it. The following was posted on The Resurgence on the subject of the Puritans and putting sin to death. 1. SEE SIN FOR WHAT IT IS“If the thoughts of death, and the grave, and rottenness, are…
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4 Key Ingredients for Youth Ministry
(This was posted on The Gospel Coalition Blog on June 17) Youth ministry can be an uphill battle. The congregation and church leadership often don’t fully understand the challenges that youth leaders face and don’t know how to support them. Yet many church leaders are still looking to start or develop a youth ministry. In…
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The Elephant and the missionary
I noticed this article posted on Facebook by a guy who served as a youth pastor in Scotland for a few years. It challenges the idea of the short term mission trips that we in the USA are so fond of and yet understands that there is some good in them. I liked the blend…
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What happens to faith after high school?
The common belief that the average youth ministry has failed to prepare students for their faith to survive in college has been challenged recently. All the stats about the massive percentages of students who will leave the faith after high school… might not be due to the university experience but might be more about how…
