Unless you have been living under a rock the last few months, you know there is an ongoing battle to defund Planned Parenthood on the state and national level in the legislatures. As the lawmakers return from their month of recess, the rhetoric on both sides will undoubtedly escalate. I […]
Five Ways to Show Appreciation For Youthworkers…
Youth ministry has changed in the last 15-20 years. For the most part, the days where the youthworkers mainly managed pizza parties and all night video game marathons are behind us. Instead we have youthworkers reaching out to overstimulated, overscheduled teens that are being bombarded with negative messages from society, […]
Which Kingdom?…
A few weeks ago, I preached a message on 1 Kings 12. This passage covers the breaking of Israel into the Northern and southern Kingdom, following the death of King Solomon. In the message, I posed the question, “Which kingdom are you in?”. The North had much more in […]
July Monthly Ministry Update…
The July Monthly Ministry Update is out. You can download it here.
Social Media Statistics from Workshop
This week, I am presenting a workshop on Social Media at the General Baptist Mission and Ministry Summit. One of the illustration videos is a statistics video published in 2014 by The HPS Group. It is very telling about Social Media and teenagers. Definitely worth watching. Social Media Statistics 2014 […]
Reaching “Every”
“The number one sin of the church in America, is that its pastors and leaders are not on their knees crying out to God, ‘Bring us the drug-addicted, bring us the prostitutes, bring us the destitute, bring us the gang leaders, bring us those with AIDS, bring us the people […]
MinistryPlace.Net On the Road: General Baptist Mission & Ministry Summit
This week, Brent will be representing NNYM and presenting four workshops at the General Baptist Mission and Ministry Summit in St. Louis, Missouri. If you are attending the conference, be sure and stop by the NNYM table in the exhibit hall and say hello!
Ministry is Generational. We cannot forget this. EVER.
Last week I attended the visitation for a friend that I wish I would have gotten to know more before Alzheimers did the awful things that it does to a person over the process of many years. I can tell you that he served others, and he served his church […]
Guest Post : Three Things I’ve Learned from Cross-Cultural Student Ministry…
Editor’s Note: This guest post is by Tim Totten. Tim is the Associate/Youth Pastor at Gibson City Bible Church in Gibson City, Illinois. ———————————————————————————————– It was nine years ago when I first set foot in in that little church in Smolensk, Russia, a city about 250 miles west of Moscow. […]
Rural Ministry in a Global Society….
The other day, I was reminded of the globalization of our society when I was at the gas station. No, I am not going to be talking about any stereotypes of workers in your local gas station. I live not far from Turkey Run State Park in Indiana. Its kind […]
The Difference…
One of the big questions in ministry circles today is “How do you equip students to carry their faith into College and adult life?”. There have been some great research and voices to this conversation, including a work by Chap Clark and Kara Powell at Fuller Youth Institute called “Sticky Faith“. […]
Redwing Shoes and Ministry Consulting…
Sometimes you learn life lessons in the strangest places. I learned a lesson the other day about Church Consulting at a Red Wing Shoe Store. There are some high standards for selling shoes that have the Red Wing logo. Here are some things we can learn about church from the […]