“Aging Up” Into Youth Group

Cheryl has served on the Vineyard’s National Kids Task Force and has over 23 years of experience in children’s ministry. Redpoint invited her to write about what youth workers can be doing to prepare younger kids for the transition to youth group! Most of...

Creating Outward Focused Disciples

Are Outreach and Discipleship Mutually Exclusive? We can be tempted to view outreach (the “Mission” of the Church) and discipleship (the formation of the individual follower of Jesus) as two distinct things. Outreach, or evangelism, can be seen as a project or...

Numbers, Numbers, Numbers

I hate numbers in youth ministry.  Seriously!  How can so many youth pastors be so obsessed with numbers in their youth ministry? “I have ** students that come every week.” “Remember that event where we had *** students?” “In just one year, we grew from ** students to...