Ronaldlong, Author at YouthMinistry.com https://youthministry.com/author/ronaldlong/ Daily Wisdom for Youth Workers. Tue, 21 May 2024 15:28:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Student Ministry and Divorce: The Numbers You’ve Heard Wrong https://youthministry.com/student-ministry-and-divorce-the-numbers-youve-heard-wrong/ https://youthministry.com/student-ministry-and-divorce-the-numbers-youve-heard-wrong/#comments Sat, 12 Jul 2014 17:29:00 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=48577 ” ‘Christians divorce at roughly the same rate as the world!’
It’s one of the most quoted stats by Christian leaders today. And it’s perhaps one of the most inaccurate.”
– Glenn Stanton
Raise your hand if you’ve ever heard a pastor, youth pastor, Sunday school teacher, or any Christian for that matter, say that the divorce rate for Christians is the same as the divorce rate for non-Christians?…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/student-ministry-and-divorce-the-numbers-youve-heard-wrong/feed/ 1 https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/WrongNumber-270x196.jpg270196 Student Ministry and Divorce: It’s an Issue https://youthministry.com/student-ministry-and-divorce-its-an-issue/ https://youthministry.com/student-ministry-and-divorce-its-an-issue/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2014 14:38:40 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=48573 “Everyone is ministering to students of divorced families. No one is doing it well.”
–Doug Fields
When I first heard that statement it struck a chord in me. At first I thought, “Wow that was pretty bold.” The very next moment though I began to think, “But what if he’s right?”…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/student-ministry-and-divorce-its-an-issue/feed/ 1 What if everyone truly is ministering to students of divorced families? Are there students who come from divided homes?https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/beachfight-270x196.jpg270196 Ministry is Easy. Family is Hard. Pt 2 https://youthministry.com/ministry-is-easy-family-is-hard-pt-2/ https://youthministry.com/ministry-is-easy-family-is-hard-pt-2/#respond Fri, 16 May 2014 18:16:59 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=47738 In my last post, I talked about how for me sometimes, the every day rush of ministry is easy, but family is the hard part.
To make family a little easier, I’ve really had to be careful with my time. When I’ve got a handle on our time, MOST of the time, our family is full of joy instead of being full of crazies all trying not to kill one another.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/ministry-is-easy-family-is-hard-pt-2/feed/ 0 https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/family-thing-270x196.jpg270196 Ministry is Easy, Family is Hard: Pt. 1 https://youthministry.com/ministry-is-easy-family-is-hard-part-1/ https://youthministry.com/ministry-is-easy-family-is-hard-part-1/#respond Sat, 10 May 2014 17:54:08 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=47525 Family first. Ministry second.
That’s my creed.
I strive for that because I’ve seen far too many families torn a part because the ministry was put before the needs of the home were met. I don’t want my kids to grow up hating God because dad was always at church and never spending time with them.…

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