Youth Ministry Maverick: Hosted by Jeff Harding

Jeff sat down with Jacob Vandenbark, and talked about how he came to develop the Near Journal. It's a unique approach to daily quiet times and journaling, and combines several different resources all within one simple and clean outline. Hear more abo...

When it comes to addressing hard topics and areas of our faith, our approach with students is usually outward-driven for purposes of evangelism and witnessing to the world. However, when it comes to engaging with other believers, our hostility over t...

This episode is being released on Election Day here in the United States. It's the beginning of the end for this long and arduous campaign trail in the most polarizing presidential election we've likely ever seen (and hopefully will ever see). Unfort...

What if the average tenure of a youth pastor at one church was almost a decade? What if every youth pastor in your city was part of a small group of other youth pastor's in their area for camaraderie, sharing of resources, and keeping one another fro...

Ministry in the era of COVID not only has each of us scrambling to reorient our programming and development, but it has youth ministry organizations also rethinking how they equip and partner with youth workers. How can we change and improve upon the...

In the era of COVID, ministry longevity is even more admirable than usual. A few studies have shown that the ongoing circumstances might result in a large number of pastors and ministers resigning from stress and burnout. How do we continue in the ca...

If there was ever a more tumultuous time than right now to begin your vocation as a youth pastor, I can't think of one! Aside from the pandemic and social unrest (as if you can really put those aside), there are less youth pastors receiving higher ed...

We teach and encourage our students to have faith during hardship, and to trust that God is present and working our good. But when we go through intense seasons of hardship, do we practice what we preach? Jeremy Carlton joins Jeff to talk about the r...

There is an abundance of resources and chances for ministry partnerships accessible to youth workers, but some are still hesitant to use them for various reasons. Also, getting job support from people outside your ministry might seem counterintuitive...

Dr. Andy Root talked with us about joy and establishing a narrative-shaping experience as the purpose of youth ministry. So what does that look like practically as we implement ministry methods based on Scripture? Dr. Jim Graham joins Jeff to describ...