Sometimes you just need to hear how someone else is doing ministry to spur on your own creativity. Joining Brian on the podcast is Marques Pauley. Marques is the Student Pastor at Mill Creek Baptist is Bardstown, KY.  He shares a few things they are doing to reach out to their community with the Gospel.

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LCM80 - Reaching Your Community - Marques Pauley

We go back and listen in on an episode of the Word of Life podcast from last year where Jonathan and Tommy Sewall talk about Gen-Z and how to reach them. Tommy is the director of Word of Life Island and Word of Life Snowcamp and is a student of today's culture.

LCM79 - Reaching Gen-Z for Christ - Tommy Sewall

Everyone of us would say that we want our students to be sharing their faith. Let's be real though; not very many are. How can we get them excited and equipped to do so? Jason Lamb from Dare2Share joins Brian on the podcast today to talk about this issue and an event coming up that will help your students (and you) in this area.

LCM78 - Students Sharing Their Faith - Jason Lamb

All leaders experience people who are difficult to lead. On this episode of the podcast, Brian talks about the hardest person you will ever lead. Here's the problem, you have to look at this person in the mirror every day. If you don't lead yourself well, you will have a hard time leading others. Brian looks at six characteristics of self-leadership.

LCM77 - The Hardest Person to Lead - Brian Baker

We have a new class of Youth Ministry Interns who are getting ready to start their ministry in a local church. Brian grabbed three of them to be on the podcast this week to talk about what they are learning and what they are most excited or nervous about going into their internship. 

LCM76 - Pancakes, Discipleship & Interns - Braydon, Josh & Spud

 You want to help your students share their faith, but how? Chris Selby joins Brian again on this episode to talk about how to equip your students to have conversations with their friends about Jesus!  

LCM75 - Relational Evangelism - Chris Selby - Part 2

It is easy to become so eager to do ministry that we don't prioritize the most important things. Prayer is one of these things. If you want to reach every student in your community, it has to start with prayer. Chris Selby joins Brian on the podcast for this episode. Chris is a missionary to Youth Pastors and tells his story of how his youth ministry saw 140 reached for Christ in one year.

LCM74 - It Starts with Prayer - Chris Selby

 Whether you are a youth pastor or a small group leader, it is important to understand the significance of relationships when you are working with young people. On this episode, Brian has a conversation with Dwight Peterson. Dwight is a veteran youth leader. He was a youth pastor in a local church for almost twenty years and now is a professor at Clark Summit University in the areas of discipleship and youth ministry. He and his wife are also middle school small group leaders in their local church.   

LCM73 - Significance in Relationships - Dwight Peterson

New York Bible Institute’s Dean of Women, Karen Smith, shares with us on how to have an effective Quiet Time that’s meaningful even on the days you don’t feel up to it. Also, Karen dives into what accountability looks like through both being held accountable and keeping someone else accountable.

LCM72 - How to have an effective Quiet Time and Accountability structure with Karen Smith

Planning is not the most exciting thing to talk about but is certainly necessary for a thriving youth ministry. Brian talks about some practical steps to planning with your leadership team for the new ministry year.

LCM71 - Annual Planning for Youth Ministry

Joining Brian for this episode of Multiply! is Alan Smith. Alan is a Campus Pastor at Greystone Church in Athens, GA. He is the author of Let's Go! Creating and Sustaining a Thriving Student Ministry. He has some real practical thoughts on volunteer leaders, communicating with parents and taking risk in ministry.

LCM70 - Volunteers, Communication & Taking Risks - Alan Smith

 We all want to make disciples, but it is not easy. Today on the podcast, Brian talks about identifying where your students are in the process, how we can help them get to the next step and 5 key words in disciple-making.  

LCM69 - Discipleship with Students - Brian Baker

It is never too early to begin to prepare your students for college. In this episode, Brian talks with Brian Mills about what you can do to prepare them. Brian is the College Pastor at Cross Church in Fayetteville, AK where he ministers to over 1,000 students. Prior to that, he was  a Student Pastor. He is also the co-author of A Different College Experience.

LCM68 - Preparing your students for college - Brian Mills

What does it mean to win in ministry? What kind of things should be measure and how should we keep track of these things? Joining Brian to talk about this is Scott Talley. Scott is the student pastor at Church at the Cross in Orlando, FL and the author of the new book, Ministry Win.

LCM67 - Winning in Youth Ministry - Scott Talley

In John 17, Jesus prayed for His disciples knowing that He did not have a lot of time left on earth with them. What we find is a great model as to how we can pray for our students. Brian shares three ways, according to John 17, that we should be praying for our students.

LCM66 - How to pray for your students

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