by Nick Blevins | Nov 21, 2016 | Strategy, Popular
In 2016, I created a comprehensive survey about Children's & Youth Ministry Staff & Volunteer Ratios. It was taken by over 1,600 churches and provided a great benchmark for how many staff and how many volunteers different children's and youth ministries have....
by Nick Blevins | Feb 15, 2016 | Family Ministry, Popular
The role of Family Pastor / NextGen Pastor is somewhat new in the church. I'm referring to a staff person who is responsible for leading a staff team of people that oversee children and student ministries, from birth through high school (or college). Because the role...
by Nick Blevins | Feb 1, 2016 | Family Ministry, Popular, Strategy
Almost anyone who works in children's ministry or student ministry understands what it is like to be underpaid and overworked. That comes with ministry in general, but for various reasons churches often pay children and student staff even less than other roles in the...
by Nick Blevins | Jul 9, 2014 | Communication, Popular
If you serve on staff in children's ministry or student ministry, you probably put on some important events each year. Church event promo isn't exactly something we're trained in before serving in ministry but it's something we have to learn quickly. Most churches and...
by Nick Blevins | Jul 23, 2012 | Leadership, Popular, Strategy
What is Family Ministry? Family Ministry is a newer phrase used in the church world to represent how a local church serves families. In the local church (in America at least), that has taken on a variety of looks over the years, but can mostly be broken up into 2...
by Nick Blevins | Dec 14, 2011 | Leadership, Popular
Leadership development is extremely important in churches, but often times it doesn't receive the time, attention, budget and focus that it warrants. There are numerous reasons for that, but I think one of the big reasons is we simply don't know what to do. What are...
