True Biblical Unity in a Divided World
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Helping your teens process the horrific mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado.
As a youth leader or parent it can be difficult to know how to help our teenagers process through something as tragic as a mass shooting, like the one that happened this week in Boulder, Colorado. But when traumatic events happen, it provides an opportunity to speak into young lives in a deep and meaningful way. This
4 surprisingly simple keys to effectively sharing the Gospel
Sharing the Gospel is like flying an airplane. You want to take off smoothly, have a solid flight plan, know how to deal with emergency situations and then, of course, land safely. Key #1: The Takeoff One of the biggest challenges in sharing the Gospel effectively is starting the conversation to begin with. How do
The Biggest Threat to Your Youth Ministry
What would you say is the biggest threat to your youth ministry? Teen apathy? Parental apathy? Little to no budget? A non-supportive pastoral staff? A church that looks at youth ministry as a kind of a “necessary evil”? The distraction of social media, sports and/or academics? A growing tidal wave of unbelief and antagonism toward
Youth Ministries that thrive have this in common
Although I am no longer a youth leader, I talk to youth leaders all the time. Connecting with youth leaders from all sorts of settings, denominations and backgrounds, is one of my favorite pastimes. Over the last three decades of ministry at Dare 2 Share I have interacted with tens of thousands of youth leaders
The Power of the Gospel and the Potential of Teens
If I were to choose a bumper sticker slogan for my life it would probably be “The power of the Gospel and the potential of teens.” My entire family was reached through a youth ministry (disguised as a church) 40+ years ago. A rogue preacher from the deep south whose nickname was “Yankee” reached my
An Urgent Call to Every Christian in the USA
Here is the urgent call to every Christian in the United States of America: Pray for your new President and Vice President. I prayed for President Obama when he was President. I prayed for President Trump while he was President. I am praying for President Biden now that he has been inaugurated as President of
3 SUPER STRATEGIC reasons we should focus on reaching teenagers for Christ
This is my 30th year in youth ministry. I founded Dare 2 Share in 1991 with the goal of reaching the next generation with the hope of Jesus. Since then, we’ve been blessed by God to inspire, equip and mobilize millions of teenagers worldwide through our catalytic events and Gospel advancing resources. I’m often asked,
The 4 Big E’s of Helping Teens Think and Talk About Politics in a God-Honoring Way
Whether you’re a youth leader, teacher, or parent, it’s important to help your teenagers think about and talk about politics in a way that honors God (1 Corinthians 10:31) and makes the Gospel look good (Titus 2:9-10). Theres so much anger, hatred, and just plain meanness online, that it’s easy to avoid the whole subject
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