Kat Bair Kat Bair is a coach with Ministry Incubators and newsletter editor as well as a full-time youth pastor. She is a graduate of Austin Seminary through the Center for Youth Ministry Training and began her innovation work as a Lead Innovator and researcher with CYMT’s Innovation Lab. A few years ago, I was […]
Rev. Robert Sturdivant Robert is the Minister of Students at Trinity United Methodist Church in Birmingham, AL. Robert has been working with middle school and high school students for over 14 years, 13 of which at Trinity UMC. Robert grew up in Birmingham and graduated from Birmingham-Southern College in 2012 with a degree in Religious […]
by Meghan Hatcher I’m currently a member of the healthiest church I’ve ever attended or served as a staff member, and we haven’t had a senior pastor since January 2023. So naturally, as a former pastor myself, I’ve been racking my brain as to how this is all transpiring. Every Sunday during the worship service […]
Stephen Ingram Stephen is a 25+ year youth ministry veteran. His books include Hollow Faith: How Andy Griffith, Facebook, and the American Dream Neutered the Gospel, ExtraOrdinary Time: 365 Ordinary Moments with an Anything But Ordinary God; and Organic Student Ministry. Stephen serves as the Sr. Director of Resource Development for CYMT. Before we can lead […]
Dr. Andrew Zirschky Andrew has more than 20 years of congregational youth ministry experience and holds an M.Div. and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author of Beyond the Screen: Youth Ministry for the Connected but Alone Generation and Teaching Outside the Box: Five Approaches to Opening the Bible with Youth. By this […]
What is it that defines a youth ministry? Does it need to be on Wednesday nights? Sunday mornings? Does it need to meet in a church building? Does it have to include a game, a bible study, or a small group time? Does it require every teenager that is present to ascribe to a particular […]
Kristia Oney has felt called to serve with young people for as long as she can remember. She got her first church job as a part-time youth pastor at age 21 and started working at her church full-time as soon as she graduated college. Soon after, though, she started feeling frustrated and hamstrung by a […]
Jeremy Demarest nearly enrolled in the MAYM program four years ago when beginning his work as the director of children, youth, and family ministries at Round Rock (Texas) Presbyterian Church. Flash forward three years when he and his wife found themselves moving to Memphis, Tennessee. The Center for Youth Ministry Training sent him a notice […]
Cultivating Theological Reflection in Youth was one of the better learning experiences I have had in seminary. I struggle a lot with how to guide my students to scripture and theology while keeping them interested, since teenagers can be pretty indifferent toward religion and church. There tends to be an expectation of what youth group […]
This week we have asked 3 on the ground youth ministry practitioners for their advice and wisdom on how they engage parents in their student ministries and churches. “This can be tricky because I have parents who are active in the life of the church and parents whom I may have barely met but whose […]
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