In my experience, there are three parts (Recruit, Train, Retain) to this process, so I’ve included my 7 Steps of recruiting, training and retaining church volunteers.

Being a pastor is hard. Not all the news about pastors is discouraging, but there is a hidden pain of pastors that we need to address.

These are the kinds of things I wish I was told when I started leading worship. Which is why I compiled this list. If you’d like, share this with the young worship leaders you’re working with.

Love your VBS volunteers? Wish they’d stay beyond the summer? Then consider these five suggestions for volunteer retention.

Community care and service projects are vital parts of youth ministry. Use passion projects to get teens onboard for neighborhood outreach!

Jackie Hill Perry believes that, when it comes to her style choices, God has given her the freedom not to fit within a culturally defined box of femininity. However, in a conversation with her husband, Preston Perry, she noted the Holy Spirit has at times challenged her in what she wears.

Andy Root is a professor of youth and family ministries at Luther Seminary. He has written a number of books, including his latest, titled "Evangelism in an Age of Despair."

Louisiana Pastor Luke Ash had been working a second job at a public library to support his family. But Ash told Family Research Council President Tony Perkins he lost that side gig earlier this month after refusing to use the preferred pronouns of a library co-worker.