Youth Ministry Maverick: Hosted by Jeff Harding

When it comes to our online world, we're usually just concerned about content. But what about habits, and how our students are mentally, emotionally, and physiologically affected or "trained" while just trying to grow up AND learn what it means to fo...

While this could easily be about Jeff's mistakes (of which there are plenty), Dan Istvanik from Youth Ministry Hub joined Jeff to graciously and honestly list his top 5 mistakes from almost 30 years of youth ministry. Listen in as they talk through e...

Whether it's basic tenants of our faith like the divinity and resurrection of Jesus, creedal confessions like the Apostle's Creed, or more in-depth issues like pneumatology or ecclesiology...thinking about how you incorporate good theology into your ...

We certainly want to have results and benchmarks that can be measured in our ministries, but we can't let those overshadow a healthy long-term approach to investing in our students. Mike Haynes joins Jeff to discuss how focusing too hard on results (...

Talking with our students about finding their identity and purpose is good, but you can't talk about those things without talking about the practical approach to living out their faith. Kate Boyd returns to YMM to talk with Jeff about how to help stu...

We want our students to find their identity in Christ, and a critical step in determining what that means for their life is to help them discover their purpose as new creations in Christ. Brad Griffin, Senior Director of Content & Resources for the F...

Recruiting volunteers for your ministry? Important. Keeping their involvement and investment fresh, and retaining them long-term? Crucial! Charlie Conder joins Jeff to talk about how to make sure we have healthy and solid volunteers for front line mi...

We've heard about networking before, along with the general benefits. But where do you begin? What about different size groups/ministries? Is it realistic? Is it worth it? Jeff goes over 3 ways that networking can refresh your ministry, and explains ...

Whether it's attendance numbers or other short-term markers of success, too many things take priority over the long-term healthy elements of the ministry that matter. However, it's certainly easier said than done when you have pressure from superviso...

Mission trips have been a staple in youth ministry programming for decades. But are they just well-intentioned placeholders? Is there strategy involved with why they're scheduled and where they're scheduled? Jeff talks with Tim Brokopp from the Amove...