Why are Young Ex-Christians Leaving Church?
By Rick LawrenceExecutive Director Several years ago I interviewed Drew Dyck for GROUP Magazine, the youth ministry resource I edited for three decades (it’s no longer
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The Gift of Inexplicable Belief
By Rick LawrenceExecutive Director Ever had someone believe in you more than you believe in yourself? Or, even deeper, ever had someone invest inexplicable belief in who you
Jesus-Centered Ministry
By Rick LawrenceExecutive Director (This is an edited excerpt from my book Jesus-Centered Youth Ministry.) I was invited to have lunch with six youth pastors who’d been
Critical Thinking Is More Critical Than Ever
By Rick LawrenceExecutive Director I remember when my now college-age daughter was in middle school she was worried about us meeting her social studies teacher during
A Blast From the Past
By Rick LawrenceVibrant Faith Executive Director In the post-pandemic digital age, where the ground under our feet shifts so often we might as well live in
‘Go and Make Disciples’
By Rosina HendricksonVibrant Faith Coaching Team We recently celebrated Pentecost, the tipping point for the church’s mission to “go and make disciples of all the
How We Got Here
By Rick LawrenceVibrant Faith Executive Director Outside, in the culture, if feels like we’re just now opening our door and walking outside after a ferocious thunderstorm
Transformation In a Canoe
By Rick LawrenceVibrant Faith Executive Director Not long ago I was meeting with a few veteran ministry leaders to discuss ministry strategy—we were fishing around for
Recovering Yourself Emotionally
By Rick LawrenceVibrant Faith Executive Director In conversation after conversation with ministry leaders around the country, I hear the same word repeated over and over: EXHAUSTION. After
Fearlessly Engaging
By Rick LawrenceVibrant Faith Executive Director I was never in a garage band, but whenever I hear a phrase that sounds like the name of a