I’ve heard story after story and have even been there myself about the lower wages of being a Youth Pastor. So let me share with you what I currently do. Others that I know also are able to supplement their incomes too by doing some of the things that I do.

All the methods that I’m sharing with you actually are a result of starting this Youth Ministry Blog which is pretty amazing to me. Please feel free to contact me about any of the items that I share about. Please also know that many of the things below TAKE A LONG TIME, so don’t think you are going to be able to rapidly reproduce them.

• Business Opportunities – There are many of these out there so Please contact me if you are interested in doing any online business stuff and I can guide you.
• Google Adsense - If you don’t know about this then I’d like to meet you, but basically it’s a program from google that allows you to display advertising on your website/s and when people click on these advertisements, you earn money.
• Kontera – Kontera is another advertising source that underlines keywords in what you write about on your website. If you scroll your mouse over these key words a bubble pops up and if a person clicks on this – wala – you get paid. Kontera is usually reserved for those that have 500,000 page-views a month, but I was able to get a special deal with them that allowed me to add it.
• Private Advertising – This happens when you get a lot of visitors to your website and then someone offers you to stick their ad on your website and will pay you for this. The big time bloggers make a bulk of their online incomes because of this.
• Selling Products – You can sell products very easily via commission Junction or some other affiliate based company. What you do is display a product on your site and if someone clicks and purchases this, then they pay you whatever is negotiated usually 10%. You can go to my Youth Ministry Products page to see. You can also create your own product and sell it – I hope to do this eventually.
• DomainNameandHosting.net – This is a place where people can buy domain names, hosting, and basically any product that GoDaddy Offers. I get paid when people purchase something.
• MyMedQuote.net – This is a site where you can get a free health insurance quote. I’m paid when you click on a company to get your health insurance quote. Please don’t abuse by clicking for fun, but if you seriously want a health insurance quote, then please use it!

Please also note that these items do take time and you will need to decide how much time you will spend on these things and balancing a youth ministry program and time with your family. With some diligent work and time, you can supplement your salary for whatever you need this extra source to do.

Also know that money is a sensitive topic and one that is dear to us. So dear that Jesus himself taught more about the subject of money then anything else so guard your heart as you seek out additional income for you and your family.

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