Writing for the long work of youth ministry.

Youth ministry demands serious, well-trained leaders, not just pizza nights. Robust youth leadership, theological formation and targeted church resources are essential for resilient youth ministries and faithful long-term formation.

Discover key insights from Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation, exploring how social media contributes to the rising anxiety in Gen Z and what parents, leaders, and policymakers can do to address it.

The Independent Review of Soul Survivor (UK) reveals serious accountability issues in youth ministry, emphasising the need for formal oversight and third-party accountability in leadership.

Youth ministry in 2024 faces systemic challenges with part-time, undertrained roles stifling growth—investing in full-time, well-equipped leaders is crucial to transforming its future.

Effective youth ministry requires more than just trust; it calls for intentional oversight, structured training, and accountability to develop leaders capable of genuinely guiding young people in their faith journey.

I’ve been called many things, but a unicorn was a new one. I’d been in my new role as youth minister for maybe a month, and one of our senior youth (who’d seen a steady flow of youth ministers come and go during her time) asked if I was a unicorn. In her experience at a variety of churches, youth ministers who are theologically trained, older than twenty-five, and not passing through on their way to ministry with grown-ups might as well be mythical creatures.