What do a virtual reality lab, a selfie studio, a comedy show and an NHL locker room have in common? If you’re Zac Workun, these venues are prime settings for youth ministry training.
“I am in awe of how God allows us to be part of His plan. It is very apparent that God wants, needs and desires for bivocational pastors … to take time to refuel,” Roger Britton noted.
What’s tragic, according to Barna, is that these findings among preteens track with the attitudes of those who influence them — parents and children’s ministry leaders. How can the Church respond?
Keith Jefferson believes that retired missionaries are valuable to the ongoing mobilization of churches because they not only have experience, but they also have contacts — if they’ll keep up with them.
As a former high school football coach, Dan Wright loves the challenge of building a winning team. He now serves as pastor at Jeffersonville Baptist Church, a 175-year-old congregation that had fallen into decline years ago.
“Your feet were created to follow the Lord. You exist for the Lord, and you always feel something is missing in your life as long as someone is missing.” said Shane Pruitt, NAMB’s national next gen director.
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