The Importance of Community to an International Graduate Resident
Derek Walker was entering his final year at Belfast Bible College in Ireland where he studied youth and community work with applied theology when CYMT was placed in his path. He didn’t know what was next after graduation, so Derek spent time praying and talking to several people, including Emma Loane, a 2012 CYMT graduate. […]
A Youth Minister to Youth Ministers
I am blessed to be the Executive Director of the Center for Youth Ministry Training. My daughters occasionally ask me what I do at work. This question has an easier answer for folks who sell things or make things or help people or teach. My typical response when my girls ask me is, “I answer […]
Looking Back and Looking Forward
The Center for Youth Ministry has completed another year and God continues to do amazing work in and through our ministry. We continue to be blessed as we seek to develop theologically informed and practically effective youth ministries. Before we look forward to next year, I want to highlight the accomplishments from 2013-14: Theology Together […]
Fall 2014 Courses
The following courses will be offered by Memphis Theological Seminary for all CYMT graduate residents enrolled in the Master of Arts in Youth Ministry degree program during the fall semester of the 2013-2014 school year. Please note the dates and times of these courses; they are offered in retreat-based format on the campus of Memphis […]
Sometimes the Lost Sheep Becomes the Shepherd
by Jason Sansbury Each spring in my ministry situation we have a confirmation class for middle school students, which means 95% of the kids involved in it are sixth graders. (Pros and cons abound on that situation and deserve a separate article.) In making the list for the class, the children’s minister and I sit […]
CYMT Welcomes 2014 Graduate Residents: Our Largest Class Ever
We are excited to 15 new graduate residents to the CYMT graduate residency this Fall. They make up our largest incoming class ever.
Disrupted: A CYMT Graduate Resident Finds Her Place in the Unknown
Hello! My name is Kelly Mongoven. I am 27 years old. And this is my CYMT story. I grew up in Fort Myers, Fla., in a family with two younger brothers, Jacob and Josh. Growing up my family attended a United Church of Christ that later merged with a Friends church and became a nondenominational […]
Uncharted: First Theology Together Event a Success
They came from their places of comfort and with preconceived ideas of what it means to do missions. They came not knowing what God had in store for them. They came from six churches to Fisk University in downtown Nashville where they would begin to explore Uncharted territory. They came to explore what it means […]
CYMT Welcomes Development Director
Above from left: Matthew, Margaret, Matt, and Eleanor Ikard. The Center for Youth Ministry Training is pleased to announce that we have hired Margaret Ikard to serve as our Development Director. Margaret has a background in development working for many years as the Middle Tennessee Director for the American Diabetes Association. For the past several […]
So You Want College Students to Come to Your Church?
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on the Belmont Wesley Fellowship blog. An edited version is reprinted here with permission. by David Hollis I have been serving as a pastor for seven years. Every place I have served has offered an opportunity to work with college/university students. I am now appointed to serve as […]