Global Youth Ministry Network - Asia

The higher you rise in leadership, the more uncertainty there is, not less.

A book that has greatly influenced my ministry is “The Next Generation Leader” by Andy Stanley. This book was first published 6 years ago yet the principles are very much applicable for those who work with the youth today. So I’m going through these principles as well as including some thoughts on how this can [...]

A book that has greatly influenced my ministry is “The Next Generation Leader” by Andy Stanley. This book was first published 6 years ago yet the principles are very much applicable for those who work with the youth today. For the week, I’ll share to you these principles broken down into 5 parts as well [...]

All these areas of development we have discussed have a direct effect on how an adolescent experiences spiritual transformation—a period when he/she places a “God-filter” in his or her life.  Physical development, for instance, influences the way youth relate to God. G. Stanley Hall once wrote that it is no accident that the age of [...]

Wayne Rice’s description of adolescent faith is instructive.1
First, spiritual development in teens includes doubt and disbelief. With their newly acquired ability to think, it should be expected that adolescents will challenge the faith of their childhood. They are also bombarded with different information that complicates their faith-formation.
Second, it is personal. Young people experience the transition [...]

Teenagers can be emotional people. They can laugh uncontrollably during the first part of the youth meeting and then become depressed and resentful in the second half.  Mood swings can be caused by the erratic surge of hormones in their body. Their feelings can be tense as well as unpredictable. Since they are just beginning [...]

It is not unusual for teenagers to shift their interest from parental to peer relations. Sometimes, they go to school not because they enjoy studying but rather they want to be with their friends. Social acceptance is one of the prime indicators of their self-esteem, more important than their cognitive/academic competence. Youth ministers must understand [...]