Did you know that 84% of purpose statements don’t significantly impact a youth group the way they could? And did you know that 95 of statistics are made up on the spot?
Writing a purpose statement is always an exciting time. It’s inspiring to dream and pray about what God could do through the youth group.
But no matter how inspiring a purpose statement is, that does not guarantee that it will make an impact. We’ve all made banners of purpose statements and hung them up with all the fanfare, …

I wanted to let you know as a reader of Youth Ministry Ideas about my launch of an online community for youth leaders called YOUTHMINISTRY.WS YouthMinistry.ws is like an online community for youth leaders where you can do anything from get your own youth ministry, post pics, videos,

88% of children raised in Christian families leave church at the age of 18, never to return. 64% of decisions for Christ are made before the age of 18, and 77% are made before the age of 21. We can’t sit back and watch this generation be stolen out of our own churches and homes. By God’s grace, we must take action, and we must do it now.

What are a youth pastor’s greatest needs?
If you are a youth pastor (or were a youth pastor, or know a youth pastor), would you take a minute to take this short survey? I’m trying to identify the greatest needs that youth pastors have today and gather stories from actual youth pastors.
I appreciate your honest feedback and hope to share the results with you so that you can see what the needs are as a youth pastor.
Then of course we will have some discussion about these top 3 needs. The survey …

Last fall I was playing around a bit with the idea of going back into full time youth ministry. Some of you even remember me blogging about my interview with the church in Des Moines, IA…

Today I wanted to share with you how to submit your youth ministry idea. I just realized that I have a bunch of people that have registered to submit their idea, however, I don’t see many articles coming in to submit.
So for the short version just visit SUBMIT YOUR IDEA
From the beginning, the first thing that you need to do is to register for access to my site. When you register you will get an email with your user name that you chose and then a generated password. Make sure …

I was totally blessed when I read a message this morning from Paul who tried my Survivor Lock-In out.
Listen to Paul:
I had survivor lock-in last February and it was a huge success. We had over 150 kids there that night. I wanted to share our You Tube video with you to help show some of the events that are apart of the lock-in. We added some of our and omitted a few as well. The pressure is on this year for another amazing lock-in. Any ideas? I have been kickin’ …