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2025
Leading Your Church To Be Gospel-Centered (As a Youth Pastor)
Question – We compiled several questions about weak leadership teams within the church. Some are about senior/pastor leadership or being too fiscally driven. Some good teams lack vision/focus. How do we …
2025
Preparing High School Seniors for Life and Faith in College
How can you prep a high school senior for life and faith in college? During a panel discussion at one of our Iron on Iron student ministry conferences, Jeff Martin, …
2025
How to Address a Student Showing No Spiritual Fruit
So, what are we supposed to do if a teen is claiming to be a Christian but is showing no spiritual fruit? What’s the biblical, caring way to handle that …
2025
How to Integrate Youth into the Greater Church Family
How can I help integrate students into the life of the greater church? There are statistics that we hear all the time of how many students just fall away from the church …
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
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
Insights from Students on Staying Faithful in College
In this episode, JoyBeth Kidd (JB) sits down with a group of college students connected to SWO to discuss what it really looks like to keep your faith strong during …
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
What Makes A Healthy Church?
Brody kicks off this episode by celebrating the 250th episode of No Sanity Required and reflecting on the growth of the podcast. He expresses gratitude for the support and listeners …
2024
Faithful Leadership in the Midst of Failure
In this episode, Brody addresses the painful issue of moral failure among pastors and its impact on the church. He explores what Biblical leadership should look like, drawing from 1 …