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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
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 …
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 …
2020
How to Make a Simple Bible Study Tool for your Students
We have been posting daily videos studying verse by verse through Colossians, and this is how we make them. This is a simple approach that uses tools you already have …
2019
Discontented Youth Minister, Don’t Leave Too Soon
Updated: February 28, 2025 Imagine, after working at the same church for more than eight years and leading missions trips internationally for two, you, a 30-year-old youth minister hosts a …
2019
2 Books That Help Us Understand Race and Unity in the Church
Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America By Christian Smith & Michael Emerson “From the isolated, individualistic perspective of most white evangelicals and many other …
2017
Key Truths 30 Years of Youth Ministry Has Taught Me
Steve Brooks : 30 Years of Student Ministry : Iron on Iron : Saturday AM Students in your youth group need to understand that their faith is grounded in …
2016
Panel Discussion On Youth Ministry, Iron on Iron
Panel Discussion | Iron on Iron | 2016 Saturday Panel Questions: “How do we effectively minister to students who are addicted to porn and struggling with bisexuality?” “What advice …
2015
Building a Strong Youth Ministry Team
Jody Livingstone | Iron on Iron 2015 Jody Livingston shares the importance of having a team of leaders within student ministry during the 2015 Iron on Iron Conference. No matter …
2015
Protecting Your Church Regarding Gender Identity and Same Sex Marriage
Zach Mabry | Iron on Iron 2015 Zach Mabry instructs student leaders on how to be guarded as a church from attacks on biblical views on marriage and gender from …