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Mark Oestreicher: Crazy and Stupid Youth Ministry Moments

We youth workers do some pretty crazy things from time to time, right? Call it “the lengths we’re willing to go to for teenagers” or “occupational risk” or just the collective risk-taking nature of our tribe.

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Critical times do not call for this mistake by Mark Oestreicher

Several years ago, I was working as the youth worker in a church just northeast of Los Angeles….And Mark Oestreicher, idiot youth worker, stuck to his lesson plan.

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How to Lead a Successful Youth Ministry

Youth Ministries are often the pillar of any Christian church’s continuity. If you can’t set teenage hearts on fire with love of God, the Christian population will dwindle. This being a difficult time in most teenagers’ lives, it is more important than ever to get a good youth ministry program started, and here’s how.

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Culture Evangelist Leading without Power, by Mark Oestreicher

leadership in the church needs to move away from the traditional notions of hierarchical power we’ve embraced for so long…

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