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2024
Wisdom and Tips For First-Time Youth Pastors
Steve Brooks is a long-time SWO partner, and has been faithfully serving in youth ministry since the mid-1990s — at the same church! We spoke with him at our student ministry …
2024
Equip Teens to Stay Faithful to Jesus (Forever)
How do you equip teens to stay faithful to Jesus in a culture that’s increasingly more hostile to Christianity? Great question, and I think it’s one that we’re thinking about …
2024
How to Cast the Vision of Student Ministry To Your Church
How can student pastors get the church to buy into the vision of the student ministry? If we want our your ministries to grow in a healthy direction, where students …
2024
How to Equip Parents to Disciple their Teens
Student pastor, if you want to be an effective shepherd, then you’re going to need to understand how to equip parents to disciple their teens. We are fighting a culture …
2024
How to Partner With Other Youth Pastors and Churches
Why is it valuable to build partnerships with other student pastors and student ministries? This is a great question and one that I’m really passionate about. The simple truth is …
2024
From Faith to Action: The Responsibilities of a Christian Citizen
Here’s the deal: we live in a completely different cultural context than the context in which the Scriptures were written. This can make it difficult to apply biblical truths today. …