5 Things I am Learning About Successful Ministry by Dustin Allen
Dustin is a youth ministry major at Hillsdale FWB College in Moore, OK. He is about to enter into his Senior year and is currently a Young Adult Ministry Intern at The Donelson Fellowship. #1 Be a learner I have heard that to be a good leader you have to be a learner. Part...
What Christian Colleges Better Keep If They Want to Survive
I read a great article this week in Christianity Today by Perry Glanzer, a professor at Baylor University, on the subject of higher education. Much of what I’d love to write about here stems from the research and writing found in that article. What makes the article so intriguing to me is that it compares...
How To Reach and Mentor Young Adults
I’ve been talking recently with a friend who is trying desperately to reach young adults with the gospel, especially college students, but feels like its difficult to “speak their language.” So, we’ve been discussing questions like, “How do you begin a mentor-relationship with young adults? How do they think and what do they care about?”...
Ramblings Of a Negligent Blogger
Well I haven’t written on here in a while, mainly because of this new venture that the Lord is taking my family on. We left our wonderful church in Michigan mid-December to become the Young Adults Pastor at The Donelson Fellowship in Nashville, Tennessee. The past few months have been incredibly busy, emotionally stressful, but...
Trouble at UNC
Homosexual sex, the issue that refuses to go away; an issue where competing views of Scripture, legal rights, communal responsibility and individual freedom collide head-on. The current controversy surrounding a UNC Christian a capella group’s decision to ask a member who publicly embraced homosexuality to leave the group has created major waves in the Chapel Hill area. ...
What Happens When College-Age Students Leave the Church?
We began a new semon series two weeks ago at our church called, Return on Investment: The Importance of the Next Generation. And, so far, it has been an incredible call to our church to INVEST in young people! The first week, we discussed why we invest so much in the next generation at Kirby...
Starting Seminary
I’m going to do it. I’ve been tossing around and praying about the idea since I graduated in 2005 – now I am officially a seminary student. If I stay on track, I’ll finish a Master of Biblical Studies in 2 years and an M.Div in an additional 4 years and if I have an...
Thoughts For All Youth Ministry Majors & Youth Pastors…
When I was at Free Will Baptist Bible College studying youth ministry, there was an insecurity about many of us youth ministry majors. A lot of us hated the jokes about youth ministry just involving classes like, “How to Put Papa John’s On Speed Dial,” or “How to Make Balloon Animals 101.” Some youth ministry...
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