Bro. Zane Salyers brings part two to his series on putting on a big youth event.
BLOW UP YOUR TEEN DEPARTMENT The Five Fundamentals of “Teen Explosion” Part 2-Planning By Zane Salyers Because our church has had TE in years past, I am able to go through the information kept on record and get an idea of what has worked and what has not. This gives me [read more]
“IFB’s And Technology: Do They Mix?” By Chad Hayes Just in case you haven’t noticed, we live in an age where technology is commonplace. Things that were only dreamed of fifty years ago are reality today. Our lives have been made [read more]
21 Tips For Youth Leaders By Bob Senz and Zane Salyers Of UthLeader.com Recently we received a “tip” from a pretty liberal “youth ministry” website. The tip stated how important it was to be socially relevant and how we should order magazine’s teens read, watch what they watch and quote movie phrases to [read more]
Bro. Zane Salyers of Batavia Baptist Temple shares an article on an outreach program he has used to [...]
BLOW UP YOUR YOUTH MINISTRYThe Five Fundamentals of “Teen Explosion”By Zane Salyers, Youth Director, Batavia Baptist TempleWhen I first came to Batavia Baptist Temple on June 28, 2004, they told me I had 3 weeks to organize “Teen Explosion” (TE). What in the world is that? It’s the teen VBS held Monday through Friday, 7-9 PM at the same time [read more]
The Five Dollar Mission Trip The other day I took a mission trip. This trip I would like to tell you about it was very heart wrenching and burdening for me. This mission field... I thought I had a burden for it before but now my heart beats for the people trapped in this sad, sad place. This trip was [read more]
Getting the Most From Your Youth Department. A few thoughts for parents of teens and other church members.By Pastor Bob Senz of UthLeader.com This is taken from a teaching I've done at our church. I've modified it a bit to try to make it more readable and hopefully more usable. I would also like to eventually find someone [read more]
“Planning A Youth Missions Trip” By: Chad Hayes If you are a youth pastor, summers are the time for a “big” trip or two. Most of the time, that means a week at a youth camp somewhere. However, occasionally the desire for a missions trip pops up- either in your mind or in the minds of your teenagers. As [read more]
Our Response to MySpace.The last installment in this 3-part look at the "Myspace phenomenon" is to explore some of the dangers of "MySpace" and what our response as Youth Pastors and Parents should be. Before we delve into these two subjects (namely the dangers and our response), I would like to take a moment to lay a little bit [read more]
"So Many Hats... Only One Head"
There is a phenomenon that is present in many independent, fundamental Baptist churches. Perhaps you've seen it, or perhaps you're a part of it. (I myself fall into the latter category.) This particular phenomenon manifests itself mainly in those who are known as the "second man" in their churches. This [read more]
After taking a look at the "MySpace Phenomenon" last week, we have established MySpace is indeed a popular platform of socializing for teenagers. This week our goal is to figure out the "How-to" of MySpace.
MySpace is like any socializing website in that it offers kids a way to "talk" to each other when it's convenient for them. [read more]
From games, to ideas, to illustrations, flyers, files, and free downloads, this is the place to find 'em all! Free, Independent, Fundamental Baptist Youth Ministry Resources. All Biblical references are from the KJV.