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When it comes to preparing seniors for life after youth group, these are probably the two most important statistics you need to know.
Approximately 40% of youth group seniors significantly struggle with their faith and with finding a…
I (Kara) love the title of the book Your God is Too Small by J.B. Phillips. It reminds me of the desire I have to experience more of God’s bigness, both for myself and as well as for teenagers. In…
What’s the difference between understanding faith and internalizing it? Psychologist Krista Kubiak Crotty explores the implications of those differences for youth workers hoping to nurture students’ faith in ways that will last far beyond high school.
Continuing our series on faith identity formation, this article explores the importance of the process of “Moratorium” in faith exploration and offers practical ideas for youth workers to ride with students toward their long-term commitment to Christ.
The latest research on what’s happening with college freshmen and their faith identity might surprise you. Meredith Miller reviews the research and excerpts from an interview with Tony Jones on the “lockbox theory.”
You’ve been wondering whether to pick up the phone and check in with last year’s grads now that they’re a few months into college, but you aren’t sure you can make the time. Recent research through FYI’s College Transition Project might help you realize how important that call really is.
What do we really think about the church, and does it make a difference in the way we do youth ministry? Kara Powell and Brad Griffin argue here that our ecclesiology matters immensely for youth workers, and make practical suggestions for working out a new theology of youth ministry for your church.
Do you wonder what kind of impact youth ministry actually has on students by the time they graduate from high school? So do we. More and more denominations and youth workers are wondering what types of students we’re developing, and what happens to them after they graduate. This article is our first report on the data we’ve been collecting in the important and revealing College Transition Project study.
How do the kids in your church know when they have become adolescents? How do they know when they have become adults? As we re-think the value and necessity of rites of passage in our ministries, we may help bring clarity to these life stages and help students through the zones of identity confusion.
We all scratch our heads wondering how to respond to the loss of students from church after high school. Research on this pattern, as well as the patterns of those who return to their faith later, may inform our response as churches who have the opportunity to nurture them — both to prevent some from leaving and to welcome back others who have left.
