Fortunately, I have seen:

• Historymaker jump 10% growth/year in the last 5 years; including 2 HM campuses,

• Time-out revitalized and influencing more next gen leaders,

• Planting 3 youth ministries in churches that didn’t have youth programs and representing 85 students,

• Raising tens of thousands of dollars for next gen initiatives, and

• Initiating an intentional national leadership certification for next gen leaders with the PAOC.

HOW did this happen? In short, it’s about strategic and intentional CHANGE.

First and foremost, this isn’t a post to bash the Church OR Culture. It’s about building bridges, understanding each other, and getting back to the divine purpose(s) of what the Church is meant to be. In light of the trending conversations over socials and Evangelicalism, here are some ways to reconnect.

After 17 years of working with the next generation, I have noticed few themes of leadership development that have sticked with the next generation. If you are reading this, I hope this brings clarity on how to engage, recruit, and retain the next generation for your organization, ministry, and/or business.

According to Forbes…

“OK Boomer”. A phrase younger generations use as a response to Baby Boomers and older. It is a “phrase” in 2019 that went viral based on those who are “out-of-touch” of reality and/or “close-minded” opinion(s) to the future. As leaders, this needs to change.

As a new decade is on the horizon, the best way to plan + prepare for a new decade is to see what the last decade has taught us. Here are 10 things that I have learnt about the last 10 years.

How can you reach the younger generations for Christ? How can you disciple and lead those younger than you? Here are SEVEN practical ways to innovate a ministry for younger generations in your local context.

If you fail to plan, you will plan to fail every time. This summer, make the most out of it by planning your youth ministry well. This post is about practically planning the school year well over the summer.

Why you should quit…

In a small little town, a church took a risk to start a youth ministry by scratch. They had no youth budget, no youth pastor, and had 5 middle school boys that needed to be engaged in the life of the church.