Category: Youth Ministries

Josh Meadows is the newest member of the collegiate and student ministries team at the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions. Meadows, who has served as family life pastor at

“As long as we are content to live without revival, we will.” –Leonard Ravenhill We as student pastors have such an incredible job. We get to experience camp, mission trips,

Connor was a popular high school senior in Decatur interested in joining a discipleship group at Chick-fil-A led by his student minister. At first he didn’t take it seriously. But

We all know the statistics. We have all seen the numbers. As student pastors, you are reminded every week. It’s no surprise that there are many students who graduate from

It has been said that there are only two guarantees in life: death and taxes. I believe we should amend this phrase and add anxiety to the mix of guarantees.

To borrow a phrase from the great philosopher and coach Bill Parcells, “If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some

On January 23, 2021, I preached the funeral of a dear woman from my town at a tiny country cemetery in the woods of Bibb County, Alabama. I was excited

There’s no doubt that social media has had and is continuing to have a lasting impact on the world in which we live. Attitudes and algorithms seem to permeate every

“Joy is the serious business of heaven.”  -C. S. Lewis Let’s restate this for the purposes of this blog: “Joy is the serious business of student ministry.” -Josh Watford (kind