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JASON POWELL IS A PASTOR AT HARVEST CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP IN RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA. SPECIFICALLY HE IS THE PASTOR OF EVANGELISM AND ALSO LEADS THE ONLINE CAMPUS WITH PASTOR GREG LAURIE! FROM THE MOMENT OF HIS CONVERSION, JASON HAS BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT SHARING, DEFENDING AND TEACHING OTHER CHRISTIANS HOW TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE THE GOSPEL. THIS PASSION HAS LED TO JASON BECOMING THE FOUNDER OF TW...

Chris Hogan is a best-selling author, a personal finance expert, and America’s leading voice on retirement, investing, and building wealth. His goal is to help as many people as possible avoid financial traps and set their families up for the future. His book  Retire Inspired: It’s Not an Age; It’s a Financial Number  is a number one national best seller, and  The Chris Hogan Show  has millions of...

Today our guest is Manny Flores. Manny is the young adult pastor at Willmar Assembly of God church in Minnesota! Young adults at Willmar AG are college students and young professionals!

David Kinnaman has authored several books, including unchristian, You Lost Me, and Good Faith. He is president of Barna Group, a leading research company based in Ventura, California and Atlanta, Georgia. David’s work as a researcher and “professional listener” has led his team ot interview nearly 1.5 milloin individuals since he began working for Barna as an intern in 1995. David – I attended You...

Terry is the NextGen Pastor at River Valley Church in Minneapolis, MN. From youth, leadership institute to young adults, to emerging leaders, Terry has a desire to work with other leaders in developing a movement that is defined by a generation of influencers who are passionate about Jesus Christ and what He calls this generation to accomplish for the Kingdom. With over 16 years of experience in w...

Chandler serves as the Executive Director of Youth America! Youth America has been helping build next generation leaders and churches since 1987. Youth America is known for incredible summer camps and high caliber leadership conference each year! Chandler and the youth America team have also been on a mission to serve the church at large with free digital content and resources – in fact they are n...

Jerrid Sebesta spent 12 years as a TV Meteorologist at KARE11, a long-time powerhouse station in Minneapolis, MN. In 2014, after much contemplation and prayer, Jerrid left his thriving, high-profile career. It was a move that came as a surprise to many people, including some of his family. But, it was apparent to Jerrid that God was leading him in an entirely different direction; out of TV and the...

We’re joined by special guest Ken Coleman! As an AUTHOR, RADIO HOST, SPEAKER, Ken is the bestselling author of The Proximity Principle and national radio host of The Ken Coleman Show. Pulling from his own personal struggles, missed opportunities and career successes, Coleman helps people discover what they were born to do and provides practical steps to make their dream job a reality. The Ken Cole...

Today, we’re joined by special guest, Griffin Harrell. Griffin serves as the young adult supervisor at Sandals Church in Riverside, California! Where he helps create spaces for young adults to be real. His role entails planning events as well as investing into the leaders who lead groups for college students and young adults!

Alan Pastian has had the privilege of being a next generation leader working with youth and young adults exclusively for over 20 years and has absolutely loved it. He discovered a faith in Jesus Christ while in the university setting while attending St Cloud State University and obtaining my degree in Communications/Public Relations.  He pursued his second degree from North Central University wher...

Dave Adamson or “Aussie Dave” is a social media pastor at North Point Community Church, also a youtuber, speaker, photographer, and author! I looked back online and realized our paths crossed when I began following you back in 2016. You’re the first person I’ve ever seen who was an “online pastor” or “social media pastor” although there are now several others. And in light of what’s happening in o...

Matt Brown is an evangelist, author of Truth Plus Love, and founder of Think Eternity — a ministry dedicated to amplifying the gospel every day through podcasts, devotionals, videos, live events and more. Matt and his wife Michelle and their three children live near Minneapolis, Minnesota. You can follow Matt at @evangelistmatt and thinke.org.

This episode is designed to help young adult ministry leaders navigate through the challenge of covid-19!  We visit with Brent Silkey and have a conversation about coronavirus and connecting with students, our communities, our ministries, and our congregations!  Eliza's post (Brent's wife) that we mentioned in the podcast.  Please reach out to us at www.youngadults.today  with any ideas or questio...

Mike is one of the Chi Alpha pastors at University of North Dakota. Many of you know him as MIKE MYZ – the hip hop artist who let us use the rights to his music for the intro to this podcast! So he’salready a huge part of this whole youngadults.today squad! Whether you’ve heard of him yet or not, you have heard his music just by listening to this podcast. Recently he released the EP called Desert....

Pastor Randy Jumper serves as the young adult pastor at First Assembly in North Little Rock, Arkansas! NXT YA/UNITE is a place where young adults inNorth Little Rock come together for a weekly service and grow in Christ together. He has over 20 years of experience in young adult ministry.  Here's an article Pastor Randy wrote to help those who are new to young adult ministry or might be starting s...

Brad has been a college ministry pastor for over 30 years! He is the director of a multi-staff campus ministry called Chi Alpha in North Dakota at NDSU and MSU Moorhead. Their movement sees over 700 students each year with over 140 small groups! Brad is the author of the best books on groups we’ve read “Small Group University”. He and his wife Kay Lewis are friends of ours – we really admire them...

Today we’re joined for this episode by Timothy Ateek! TA became the Executive Director of Breakaway Ministries in 2016. Prior to moving to College Station, TA served as the Student Ministry Pastor of Austin Ridge Bible Church for five years and as the Executive Director of Vertical Ministries in Waco for four years. TA and his wife, Kat, have three boys Noah (9/09), Andrew (10/11), and Jake (9/17)...

Dr. Jolene Erlacher founded Leading Tomorrow in 2014 with the aim of equipping churches, businesses, schools, missions agencies and other organizations for effective inter-generational leadership in an evolving culture.  Her passion for equipping a new generation of leaders emerged from various leadership experiences in education and ministry. ​​ Jolene is also the author of books including: Mille...

Rev. Dr. Sam D. Kim is the Co-founder of  180 Church , near Union Square in downtown Manhattan. Dr. Kim is a  Yale-Hastings  Scholar at the  Hastings  Center exploring the crisis of physician burnout in academic medicine and health care from an ethical perspective in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania. He was appointed as a research  Fellow  in Global Health and Social Medicine at the...

Pastor Brent is the director of St. Paul Chi Alpha as well as the founder of 30 For Freedom. St. Paul Chi Alpha exists to transform the university, the marketplace, and the world by giving students the opportunity to find Jesus and follow Him for a lifetime. The mission of STPAULXA is hope + justice. 30 For Freedom is a movement that exists to end sex trafficking in our lifetime and we will talk a...

Today, we are joined by Dr. Kara Powell!  Kara is the Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) and a faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary. Named by Christianity Today as one of “50 Women You Should Know,” Kara serves as a Youth and Family Strategist for Orange, and also speaks regularly at parenting and leadership conferences. Kara is the author or coauthor of a number of bo...

Today we’re joined for this episode by Pastor Nate Ruch for a perspective on young adult ministry from a Lead Pastor !  Nate is the Lead Pastor of Emmanuel, a multi-ethnic, multi-generational church gathering at several locations every week. Nate, along with his wife Jodi have been leading Emmanuel since the spring of 2013. Nate has earned a doctoral degree from the Assemblies of God Theological S...

We are joined for this episode by Carson Case! Carson is a young husband, young pastor, and young adult leader. For three years, he lead a movement of young adults in the costal Carolina's. He is married to the love of his life, Erin. He recently released the book “Born For It” published by Zondervan. @carsoncase| www.carson-case.com   @youngadults.today | www.youngadults.today  

We are joined for this episode with a focus on soul care by Dr. Alicia Britt Chole! Dr. Chole has often been compared to a velvet-wrapped sword: her voice is soothing and her messages are piercing. She is an award winning writer and the author of: “Anonymous, The Sacred Slow, and 40 Days of Decrease” Alicia is a skillful mentor, and an international speaker. Men and women, learners and leaders, ac...

This episode, Micah and Josiah do a recap as we come to a close of season 1 in 2019... and on the verge of a new year and a new decade!  We announce that on March 13-14, 2020 youngadultstoday CONFERENCE is happening in Minneapolis, Minnesota for pastors, leaders, and volunteers! You can find out complete details at www.youngadults.today/conference  and register now!  Merry Christmas & Happy New Ye...