Do you feel like your senior leadership does not listen to you? Are you struggling to make changes because your senior leadership does not understand the importance?  We had the opportunity to talk with Zan Workun on how to “lead-up” in your ministry. Zac has spent 15 years leading in youth ministries of various sizes in multiple denominations. He is part of a team that created a national youth pastor network, currently serves as the Student Ministry Specialist for Lifeway Students, and is the co-host of the Youth Ministry Booster podcast.

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We had the opportunity to continue the conversation with Trevor Hamaker on how to build a better youth ministry. Trevor has worked in and around student ministry for the last 15+ years. He grew up in the suburbs of Raleigh, NC in a non-religious family, but became a Christian as a senior in high school. Ever since then, he’s been consumed by theology and ministry topics, primarily focusing on how to help students understand faith and apply it in their lives. He’s an author, adjunct professor, and the creator of betteryouthministry.com, site dedicated to helping youth pastors to see their potential, develop their skills and reach their goals.

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Trevor Hamaker has worked in and around student ministry for the last 15+ years. He grew up in the suburbs of Raleigh, NC in a non-religious family, but became a Christian as a senior in high school. Ever since then, he’s been consumed by theology and ministry topics, primarily focusing on how to help students understand faith and apply it in their lives. He’s an author, adjunct professor, and the creator of betteryouthministry.com, site dedicated to helping youth pastors to see their potential, develop their skills and reach their goals.

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Youth Ministry is changing. Has youth ministry ended? We had the opportunity to talk with Dr. Andrew Root concerning youth ministry in today’s culture. Andrew is a Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, and has written extensively about youth ministry. He is the author of numerous books, including Faith Formation in a Secular Age, The Pastor in a Secular Age, Bonhoeffer as Youth Worker, The Children of Divorce, Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry, and Relationships Unfiltered, and the coauthor of The Theological Turn in Youth Ministry.

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This week we had the opportunity to talk with Brandon Witmyer and Alex Holliday on overcoming racism in youth ministry. Brandon is the Youth Pastor at Midlothian Baptist Church in Midlothian, Virginia, and Alex is a passionate youth leader that serves alongside Brandon.

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This week we continued the conversation with Dr. Richard Brown on why youth ministry matters. Since his calling into student ministry as a young collegiate, Rich has desired to see teenagers connect with their Creator through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and to see them maturely develop in their knowledge and love for God and His Word. Yet he knows this disciple-making process is only effective through the power of the Holy Spirit and utilizing godly leaders who pour God and themselves into students. In other words, the Jesus model. And he knows he is not alone. There are thousands of other like-minded adults who share this same passion for students.

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We had the opportunity to talk with Dr. Richard Brown on why youth ministry matters. Since his calling into student ministry as a young collegiate, Rich has desired to see teenagers connect with their Creator through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and to see them maturely develop in their knowledge and love for God and His Word. Yet he knows this disciple-making process is only effective through the power of the Holy Spirit and utilizing godly leaders who pour God and themselves into students. In other words, the Jesus model. And he knows he is not alone. There are thousands of other like-minded adults who share this same passion for students.

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We had the opportunity to talk with Daniel Henderson on the importance of prayer in youth ministry. As a senior pastor for over two decades, Daniel brought prayer-based revitalization to numerous churches. Now, as the President of Strategic Renewal, Daniel is dedicating his full-time efforts to help congregations across the country and world experience renewal.

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Youth and Culture is now a year old! We had the opportunity to interview Justin Herman on how COVID-19 will impact youth ministries after the pandemic. Justin is the Executive Director of RTWELVE Inc, a nonprofit that exists to strengthen the father/son and mother/daughter relationship as a high school, Christian service organization committed to developing servant leaders who will have a local and global impact for Christ.

He has been in youth ministry for 16 years from getting his start in Buffalo, NY, through Missouri for college at Central Christian College of the Bible, finally landing in California.

Justin has worked at two great churches, Mariners Church as the Junior High Pastor and Sandals Church, overseeing youth ministry across all their campuses as well as launching the Controlled Chaos Podcast, a Junior High Ministry Podcast for Youth Workers.

He lives in Riverside, Calif., with his beautiful wife, Brittany, and their two boys, Beckett and Cannon.

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Do you struggle with retaining volunteers? This week we had the opportunity to talk with Christine Kreisher on this topic. Christine is the Executive Director of Ministries at GT Church, where she provides strategic direction for family ministries and adult discipleship.

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