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A Different Way to Do Teen Ministry Campus Ministry Church, Wrapping Up

Imagine that you’re a minister founding a congregation’s first youth ministry. Quite naturally, you’re going to ask what all church leaders should ask: What is the purpose of this ministry? How will I know whether the ministry is successful? What … Continue reading

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A Different Way to Do Teen Ministry Campus Ministry Church, What This is Not

Family-centered ministry. Some congregations have seen the problem with overly segregating teens from adults and so have responded by having families do events and projects together. It’s a good idea. But it’s not the best idea. I mean it has … Continue reading

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A Different Way to Do Teen Ministry Campus Ministry Church, Putting Theory into Practice

Practice I’m a big fan of youth ministry and youth ministers. I’m just not such a big fan of turning youth ministry into a sub-congregation that practices a Christianity unlike that practiced by the rest of the church. It’s unhealthy … Continue reading

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A Different Way to Do Teen Ministry Campus Ministry Church, Short-term missions?

Theory, Part 3 — Or how teen mission trip reports can be about someone other than the teens Two short-term mission trips. Trip 1. The adults bought plane tickets and hired a bus so the kids can go to Central … Continue reading

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A Different Way to Do Teen Ministry Campus Ministry Church, Mentors?

Theory Part 2 — Or why teens shouldn’t have to tell us what they did last summer Let’s push this line of thought just a little further. And by “a little” I really mean “a lot” — because this isn’t … Continue reading

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A Different Way to Do Teen Ministry Campus Ministry Church, Relationships?

Theory, Part 1 — Or why I cringe everytime I hear that our kids are building great relationships. I have this theory. It goes like this. Sometimes we run youth ministry like a babysitting service with devos thrown in. And … Continue reading

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A Different Way to Do Teen Ministry Campus Ministry Church, Prologue and Introduction

Prologue I’m not a youth minister. I never have been. I do have four sons who’ve been part of youth ministries under several different ministers. But many readers have been or are youth ministers. Therefore, I write this knowing that … Continue reading

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Replanting a Church: Children and Teens, Part 3

Dear readers, I’d like to try an experiment. The first two posts on children and teens ministries are, I think, important. Really important. But Friday’s post on the Lutheran airline has gotten far more hits (it was pretty funny). I … Continue reading

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Replanting a Church: Children and Teens, Part 2

We are working through an article by Scott Thomas on replanting an existing church, that is, renewing a church so that it grows and matures as a church plant does. In the last article, we considered how to re-set the … Continue reading

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Replanting a Church: Children and Teens, Part 1

We are working through an article by Scott Thomas on replanting an existing church, that is, renewing a church so that it grows and matures as a church plant does. e. Envision an effective youth and children’s ministry Will they … Continue reading

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