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November 30, 2011 · 7 Comments

Youth Ministry Outreach: Creating “Third Spaces” That Are Welcoming and Warm

I know this may seem weird but I am always worrying about what an unchurched student thinks when he/she attends a “church youth ministry program”.

3 Musings About Middle School Ministry: How I am Re-Learning To Relate With Middle Schoolers

October 12, 2011 · 4 Comments

(middle school sign pic brought to you by: Some rights reserved by mrjoro) Over the years, I have really grown to love working in Middle School Ministry. Middle schoolers have taught

The Forgotten Social Science of Youth Ministry: Cultural Anthropology

August 17, 2011 · 5 Comments

(Cultural Anthropology photo brought to you by: All rights reserved by anthonyiz) Youth pastors are dealing with an ever changing and diverse unchurch teenage population. The forecast is that teenagers

Lab Write Up: Analyzing Moralistic Therapeutic Deism Data

January 31, 2011 · 9 Comments

On December 22, 2010, I invited my youth pastor readers to participate in the Moralistic Therapeutic Deism Case Study: Teens Telling Us What They Think. This case study consisted of

Moralistic Therapeutic Deism Case Study: Teens Telling Us What They Think

December 22, 2010 · 2 Comments

Kenda Dean, a youth ministry professor at Princeton Seminary, is one of the many youth ministry minds that reshaped my thinking about youth ministry. Her latest book: Almost