Legacy Youth Ministry Resources
Thousands of articles, sermon illustrations, Bible studies and more, all aimed at equipping youth pastors and parents to connect with young people today.
Scripture memorization: not just for Sunday school students!
Do you have any Bible passages memorized? If you were brought up in a church community like mine,...
Does Sunday school help or hurt your faith?
How important is it for Christian parents to keep their children involved in church activities...
What is your only comfort in life and in death?
"What is your only comfort in life and in death? That I am not my own, but belong—body and...
The ministries in the Gospel.com Community organize information into 'topics' to help you find what you're looking for. Learn more
Recruiting Adult Volunteers: Interviewing and Placing
It's tempting to accept any warm body that volunteers for that hard-to-fill position. But it's critical that we put only qualified leaders over our students. Here's how.
http://youth-ministry.info/articles.php5?type=2&cat=230&art_id=85
Recruiting Adult Volunteers: Publicity to Let the Congregation Know
People want to volunteer in a ministry where God is working. Good publicity lets the congregation know what God is doing in the youth ministry.
http://youth-ministry.info/articles.php5?type=2&cat=230&art_id=84
Leadership Development: Confidence in Christ
Youth Ministry leaders must have assurance of their relationship with Christ, by Dr. Barry St. Clair.
http://youth-ministry.info/articles.php5?type=1&cat=40&art_id=107
Leadership Crunch
Dr. Barry St. Clair discusses the impact of developing leaders and how to help them build their lives and ministries on the foundation of Jesus.
http://youth-ministry.info/articles.php5?type=1&cat=40&art_id=106
Volunteers: Finding and Supporting Them (Part 2)
In "Part 2" of this article, Dr. Barry St. Clair lays out qualifications for volunteer youth workers, gives a strategy to train them, and discusses additional issues we face in working with volunteers.
http://youth-ministry.info/articles.php5?type=1&cat=40&art_id=12
Finding and Supporting Volunteers (Part 1)
Volunteers can be a pain or a blessing. Dr. Barry St. Clair tells the importance of developing volunteers, the types we need in our ministries, how to find them and how to prevent being abused by them.
http://youth-ministry.info/articles.php5?type=1&cat=40&art_id=11
Elmer Towns Bookstore
Check here to see what is available from Dr. Elmer Towns, as seen on his web site www.ElmerTowns.com. Dr. Towns has contributed much to the field of religious education, church planting, Sunday school growth, more recently teaching the importance and place of fasting and prayer.
http://churchgrowth.org/cgi-cg/webstore/ec.cgi?page=elmertowns.html&frame=yes&cart_id=p...
Books
Here you'll discover an array of books covering a wide variety of topics--such as how to improve your teaching, fasting, evangelism, spiritual gifts, Sunday school, biblical leadership, singles, children, financial freedom, and much more.
http://churchgrowth.org/cgi-cg/webstore/ec.cgi?page=books.html&frame=yes&cart_id=p11945...
Youth Bible Studies
Over 1000 pages of in depth Bible Studies for youth ministers and small group leaders. All available for immediate download from our Website. Contains full text, hints on how to study and how to teach, overhead sheets and student handouts.
http://youth-ministry.info/bible-studies.php5
Sermon Illustrations, People Stories, Quotes and Teacher Helps
Need just the right quote, activity or people story to clinch your point? Pastors, Youth Workers and Small Group Leaders use this growing database of over 3500 teacher resources to increase the impact of their messages.
http://youth-ministry.info/sermon-illustrations.php5