What is the secret to a successful Young Adult Ministry?
Well, it probably is not really a secret, but one of the best ways to do young adult ministry is relationships.  Relationships are at the heart of everything that makes ministry effective.  Bible studies need relationships.  Small groups need relationships.  Accountability groups need relationships.  Fun and fellowship times need relationships.  Every [...]

Recently, I had a friend who works with a young adult ministry at his church ask me about a situation.  He has about 20 people that come to his house to hang out and play games or get together to do something or eat dinner or something like that.  But when he has a “Bible study” at church on a [...]

For all of the complexities of young adult ministry, sometimes it is very simple.  I am involved with a lot of conference calls, meetings, books, articles, conferences, and a host of other things that are all trying to figure out the secret formula for young adult ministry.  But I think that at the end of the day, we are all [...]

Young Adult Ministry is all about hooks.  Hooks are the actions, people, programs, and connections that your young adult group has that causes people to find belonging, commitment, and dedication to your young adult ministry and your church.  It’s all about the hooks.  How many do you have?
There are some very important hooks that young adult leaders should try to [...]

“What a girl wants, what a girls needs…”  Good song.  And a great segway into what I want to talk about with this blog article.  The question: what does a young adult want?  Not just in a church or in a Bible study or anything specifically spiritual like that – but very simply: what does a young adult want?
I think [...]

Here’s the secret to young adult ministry: It’s not about all the flashy music, the cool videos, the coffeehouse atmosphere, or the latest and greatest Bible studies.  The secret to young adult ministry is this: it’s YOU.
You are the secret to a great young adult ministry.  You are the greatest resource to any young adult ministry.  You have all the [...]