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 […]
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 […]
How to Join A YouthWorker Network….
This is a question I get often when I teach at workshops – “How do I get involved in a network?”…. Here are some steps to take: Is there already a network in your area? You may know about a network or group of youth workers that are meeting in […]
Digital Shadow.
Everything you do online is, for the most part, permanent. Go back and re-read the previous sentence. People and companies are tracking what you do online. Usually it is not for your benefit or gain, its for theirs. Some are legally and ethically ok, others are not. This concept of […]
Protection.
Im many parts of America, you wouldn’t leave your front door unlocked at night. You also wouldn’t leave your keys in your car in the driveway, either. This is why it is such a shame to see the things I do as an IT Professional. You see, I see people […]
MinistryPlace.Net On The Road: Indiana United Methodist MERGE Conference
On May 29 and 30, I will be at the INUMC MERGE Family Ministry Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. He will be presenting workshops on Rural Youth Ministry Strategies and Building Community in Rural Youth Ministry. He will also be representing National Network of Youth Ministries as well. If you are there, […]