Jeff Grenell

Evaluating personal spiritual leadership disciplines | Reinventing our ministry priorities

Here are some creative ways to connect with students during a time of isolation with a panel of YTH leaders from around the nation

The Impact of Healthy Families on a Nation - The moment America is in right now with the COVID-19 quarantine will be a greater impact on our nation than the virus

While you are quaranTEENED during this hiatus, here are 5 ways to not waste a hardship. You can come out of this better than you came into it!

Creative ideas and practical ways to help parents and students make the most of their time off during the COVID-19 crisis

The YTH leadership meeting is not considered exciting or as much of a priority to most leaders. However, it may be the most important part of the YTH ministry.

If we are not careful, the church will miss our moment with Gen Z, Here are some practical steps to take to have a voice in the next generation.

Is it politics, theology, social media, gracism, or sexuality? Here are several trends happening in YTH culture today. The YTH ministry that can address these issues will have a voice in the lives of teenagers and in our society today.

We talk about prayer all the time. But we do not have a culture of prayer in most YTH settings. What does that look like? Here's a great place to start.

Teenagers asking the tough questions on Doubt, Family, Loneliness, and pan-Sexuality as well as other questions about their faith

Here's a look at some of the top issues in the teen world. This live podcast from Oregon with a few hundred teenagers reveals what they think are the topics most relevant to their lives. A discussion on broken families, the sexual revolution, suicide, and how to share your faith with your friends.

Here's a look at the theology section of the new book from ythology resources discussing how to increase theology in youth ministry

In this cast we look at the newly released ythology resource book called ythology: the study of youth. The topic this week is the history of YTH ministry and why that is so important today. You can pick the book up at amazon.com or ythology.com on our website.

It takes all kinds of people to reach all kinds of people. In this episode we are sharing practical principles on how to share your faith.

We asked teenagers what their world was like. And how they see themselves in their world. This is an eye-opening cast from Gen Z.

If you want to see spiritual formation in young people, then connect them with global humanitarian needs. One of the generational traits of Gen Z is that they are cause-oriented. Connecting teenagers to a global cause is a great tool for their discipleship and spiritual formation.

On this podcast we are learning to balance programming and presence in YTH ministry. This can lead to healthy and effective YTH services.

The difference between program and presence-based YTH ministry is important. Here are 4 ways to build a presence-based YTH ministry.

The second episode in this podcast on how YTH ministry can either help or hinder the future of the church

The sustainability of the church is dependent upon the health of nxt Gen ministry. Here is a podcast on 7 ways that YTH ministry could fail the church. Make sure that you do not repeat these problems!

Here are 7 Coping Methods to help YTH leaders respond to crisis in a teens life

One of the most important roles a YTH leader will play is ‘place-sharing’. It is that unique ability to model empathy to the teenagers we work with. And to know what to do.

Part two in the series on Mental Health and Wellness. Looking at the various signs of weakened mental health, we help you to recognize a teenager's weakened mental health condition and the steps to intervene.

During Suicide Prevention Week take a listen to this practical blog on how to help young people deal with emotional stress and other issues like depression and suicidal thoughts. This is not a single issue problem. This is comprehensive.

We took a break at Camp in Texas and did a live podcast with 150 leaders. Listen to numerous ways to access the school campus as YTH ministry.