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2025
Cultivating Relationships With Other Pastors And Student Pastors
How can I find and cultivate openness, sharing, and accountability with other pastors? This question popped up at a previous Iron on Iron youth pastor conference, during a panel discussion. …
2025
Training Youth Ministry Volunteers
How can I best equip, train, and involve leaders in my youth ministry? What do you do to evaluate and train youth ministry volunteers in your ministry? What do you …
2025
Ways to Partner With Parents in Youth Ministry and Discipleship
How can I get parents involved in discipling their kids, and other students in the youth group? At the end of the day, we want parents to model Christ to their …
2025
Lessons From The Life Of Samson
Samson is a reminder that my greatest enemy is the one that looks back at me in the mirror each morning. What can we learn personally from his life in …
2025
Creating a Healthy Church Culture (As A Youth Pastor)
How can I help change the culture within my church? What exactly is a healthy church culture — what is our role in leading that? As a student pastor, you serve …
2025
The Best Resources for Discipling Students
A group of youth pastors asked Rob Conti this question at a previous youth ministry conference at Snowbird, here’s what he had to say: What are the best resources for …
2025
When is the Right Time to Leave a Church as a Youth Pastor?
How do I know when it’s time to leave a church? It’s a good question to consider. Too often, we ask the Lord this question before we’re ready to listen …
2025
Balancing Family and Ministry
Every youth pastor we’ve ever met has had to figure out a faithful approach to balancing family and ministry. You and I both know it’s not a simple question, and …
2025
Social Media and Youth Ministry: What Role Should it Have?
Depending on who you ask, social media and youth ministry might seem like savory peanut and jelly sandwich. Or, they mix like oil and water — and make you want to …
2024
Dealing With Depression in Ministry
How do you deal with anxiety and depression in ministry? Too many youth pastors, pastors, and church leaders are being overwhelmed by depression every day—and losing their effectiveness (and joy) …