Trevin Wax relates some of the thoughts he picked up from Robert Wuthnow’s book After the Baby Boomers about how to reach out to young adults (18 to twenty-somethings).
His main points are in bold and I’ve provided a short summary of each of his summaries, but please read his whole post if you’re [...]

Steve Case is one of the funniest people I know. He’s written a lot of brilliant, cutting-edge youth ministry books for Youth Specialties.
Apparently he has some kind of pent-up angst and wrote the book most youth and children’s ministers have wanted to write at one time or another – Rejected Sunday School Lessons: Totally [...]

Why do so many 18-22 year-olds drop out of church after high school? Not for the reasons you might think. An upcoming book called Essential Church by Sam Rainer looks for the answers to that question, and the author has posted some of his findings at his blog—see his three myths about church dropouts.
The first [...]

Did anybody tune in earlier this week to watch Hard as Nails, a documentary about a “tough love” Catholic youth ministry run by Justin Fatica? Newsweek has a short piece about the ministry. This sort of scene doesn’t sound like something that my church’s youth director would allow:
Though his ministry, called Hard as Nails, is [...]

Polls – Take Our Poll Forget bingo games at church; the new church-and-culture controversy involves rocket launchers, aliens, and deathmatches. Hundreds of churches are using the Halo games to connect with young people, according to a NYT article this week: Those buying it must be 17 years old, given it is rated M [...]

Today would of been Mike Yaconelli’s 65th birthday. He died in a car accident almost 4 years ago.
Mike was a friend and a mentor. While many folks have had an impact on my faith journey over the years, no one more so than Mike.
An 8-minute tribute video that Youth Specialties made after his death [...]

Are secular colleges risky for Christians? A new study suggests otherwise.

Just saw this music video from Brit hard rockers Sick Puppies. Could be fun for your youth group to do at the local mall:

I’ve posted this at another blog already, but I thought some of you might find it interesting: the challange of growing up overweight in the church, and what youth leaders can do to help overweight students. Helping them, in this case, does not mean trying to make them skinny; it means understanding the fears and [...]

To mark Blog Against Sexual Violence Day, Christy at Dry Bones Dance shares an extensive list of questions that churches and leaders need to ask to protect the children and youth in their congregations from sexual abuse, including:
1. Do you know how to keep your children and youth safe during your programs? Do you get [...]