Life Imitating Life
Viv's quest began eight years ago while translating 1 Corinthians from the original Greek, where the recurring term "call" piqued her curiosity. What followed was an academic adventure that led her from a master's thesis to a PhD, culminating in wonderful insights found in Romans.
Age of Conversion and the Faith of the Family
Discover how the faith commitment of parents influences the age at which individuals embrace Christianity, reinforcing the importance of familial faith practices.
Home Discipleship Resources: Equipping parents to disciple their kids
A variety of helpful resources to encourage families to disciple their children at home
Three ways to integrate young people into church
Know the importance of integrating children into God’s wider church
Tell Me More
As youth leaders, we long to share our lives with the young people we disciple, but for all kinds of reasons, so often we’re met with a brick wall of one-word answers.
Peer Evangelism Part 2: Equipping the Evangelists
Strategies that our young people can use to evangelise those in their various spheres of influence.
Responding as Disciples to a Time of Unrest
The young people in your youth or children’s ministry might be: scared, sad, uncertain, confused, angry or any number of other responses.
And all of this raises the same question I had for my family: as a community of believers, how do we deal with this collective adversity?
Peer Evangelism Part 1: Convincing Teens of the Gospel Need
Evangelism is at the heart of the Christian faith. Sharing the Gospel, the ‘good news’, of the Kingdom of God is the first thing that Jesus did in his public ministry. Learn how to equip your youth to engage in evangelistic conversations.
Four P’s of an Intentional Partnership with High School SRE
Four ways that church workers and SRE teachers can show intentionality in partnering with one another as they seek to teach young people about Jesus.
Returning Well to SRE
Some of us will be able to get back to SRE this year, however not everyone will. Take these helpful steps in going back into the classroom this term, and some ideas for those who aren’t.
Youth and Children’s Ministry Priorities Coming Out of Lockdown
It’s an exciting and anxious time for all of us in the youth and kids ministry world as ministries return in person. There are a whole bunch of things that you need to do and many of them in a new way.
Leading Well in Times of Change
Young people are experiencing a lot of change right now. For some, it’s more change than they’ve ever known. Learn how to lead young people well as they settle back into youth ministry.
What does a good leader look like?
What does a good leader look like? Here are three aspects that characterise effective leadership.
Three Powerful Words to Shape Every Ministry
Just three words that can help you shape your ministry.
Supporting Families with Home Discipleship
How to meaningfully support parents raise their children to know Christ
Continuing To Faithfully Build The Kingdom Despite Discouragement
Learn how to faithfully continue building the Kingdom in times of discouragement
What I learned from launching a regional youth ministry during COVID
See how a COVID collaboration between neighbouring parishes leads them to become more effective at evangelising and discipling the young people in their area longterm
The gospel antidote to teens' belief others are more popular
Navigating online waters with teens will always be tricky but we have a much better story to offer than anything ever posted on Instagram
3 simple questions to help young people learn cultural discernment
The three simple questions that help young people navigate any part of culture they encounter
Helping young people build resilient faith
Reading four books may fee unattainable but Youthworks makes this easier by giving you summaries of key learnings from recent literature on building resilient faith in youth