Youth Ministry
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2025
Aligning Youth Ministry With the Overall Vision of the Church
How can a youth pastor align the youth ministry’s vision with the overall vision of the church? If you asked students, “What church do you go to?” and they said …
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
Redemption, Betrayal, and Responsibility in Ministry | No Sanity Stories
DISCLAIMER: This episode includes content that is sexual in nature. Viewer discretion is advised. In this episode, Brody shares one of the most shocking and unexpected stories from his 30 …
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
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
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 …