by Michael Bayne | Jan 15, 2013 | family ministry, leadership
Last year was one of the best years we have ever seen in our student ministry. Last year was also filled with challenge after challenge as we faced opposition. In my 15 years of serving teens I have never seen a year like last year. The spiritual and numerical growth...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 8, 2013 | leadership, volunteers, youth ministry
Sat down last night to watch one of my favorite games of the year, the college football National Championship game. Seriously there is nothing quite like it. No matter who wins I love watching both sidelines to see how both coaches lead. Getting 85 guys to buy into a...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 7, 2013 | family ministry, leadership
You may or may not know this but I have spent the past 15 years serving with my wife as a volunteer on my ministry team. For the past year she has moved from a volunteer role to a staff position on our family ministry team. It does make for some interesting dinner...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 3, 2013 | family ministry, leadership
I am spending a few days at a gathering of young leaders at a conference called Passion. By a few I mean 60,000 and this week with college students and high school seniors always breathes hope into my soul for how God is working through this generation. I know when...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 2, 2013 | leadership, volunteers, youth ministry
Most youth, kids, and college pastors I know have one thing in common…they try to do too much. Many of us are perfectionists. Many leaders care so much that they give too much. Many leaders don’t know how to recruit. Sometimes we just reach people quickly and we...
by Michael Bayne | Dec 18, 2012 | family ministry, leadership
It’s no secret, sometimes next generation leaders find themselves in some pretty tense relationships with their senior pastors. Just go to any conference and sit around listen to both senior pastors and staff members and you will hear stories of relational...
