Youth Ministry in New Zealand

This is just a little bonus episode to let you guys know we are going on a break to collect and create some awesome content for you all.

But keep an ear out because we will be back before you even really miss us.

Tim chats with Guy and Summer about their new program for young adults called Better World. They talk all things mission and how we can better navigate the field with our teens and young adults.

Jasmin and Jeff sit down to talk about what youth ministry was like at their church and how jeff navigated the ups and downs of everyday ministry.

This week we talk to Jennie about the importance of starting as young as kindergarten to build up our young people into healthy adults and strong leaders.

This week Jasmin speaks to Jono Craig from EPIC ministries in Waipukurau about how they have transformed their ministry from a simple youth group into a ministry that impacts and interacts with the whole community.

Although most things have slowed down for the holidays we are still putting out episodes. This weeks episode with Rod Baxter looks at the big picture of youth in NZ. We discuss how we can empower young people to take an active responsibility in shaping this world we live in and so many more great things.

Our guest this week is the children and youth pastor in Plimmerton: Ben Tennant. We speak with him about his journey through the uncomfortable to create a youth group which focuses on Christ. We center the conversation around what it means to take seriously the statement 'Honour God and he will do the rest'.

In this episode we explore with Susan Blaikie how we measure success in youth ministry and how we can use that to be kingdom focussed. We also chat about what it means to reach out to the last and the lost while still maintaining our roots in the church.

Any Spence joins us for our first episode with a youth pastor on the ground. We discuss how he manages to make it work long term and building healthy teams.

We discuss with Matt what it means to build a discipleship culture in our churches.