2025 National Children's and Youth Ministry Conference

We often hear about how the world today is unlike anything we have ever experienced, making teen discipleship more difficult than ever. While our present time in history is certainly unique, when it comes to youth ministry, there are some things that never change. Join Jaron Brandt and Edd Eason as they talk about their experiences leading youth groups 40 years apart in time and share what they have learned from one another through their current ministry partnership as friends 40 years apart in age.

A hot button topic in church culture today is church hurt. It is a justification for why many are leaving the church and for why ministers are leaving ministry altogether. Church hurt stings more than so many other hurts because of the love and safety that is naturally expected to come from the bride of Christ. What if, instead of running, we chose to face that hurt head on? What if we chose healing and redemption instead of walking away? Sometimes we have no choice, but other times God just might be creating a way for us to experience Him in a way that we never have before.

A hot button topic in church culture today is church hurt. It is a justification for why many are leaving the church and for why ministers are leaving ministry altogether. Church hurt stings more than so many other hurts because of the love and safety that is naturally expected to come from the bride of Christ. What if, instead of running, we chose to face that hurt head on? What if we chose healing and redemption instead of walking away? Sometimes we have no choice, but other times God just might be creating a way for us to experience Him in a way that we never have before.