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Sometimes you just need to hear how someone else is doing ministry to spur on your own creativity. Joining Brian on the podcast is Marques Pauley. Marques is the Student Pastor at Mill Creek Baptist is Bardstown, KY.  He shares a few things they are doing to reach out to their community with the Gospel.

We go back and listen in on an episode of the Word of Life podcast from last year where Jonathan and Tommy Sewall talk about Gen-Z and how to reach them. Tommy is the director of Word of Life Island and Word of Life Snowcamp and is a student of today's culture.

Everyone of us would say that we want our students to be sharing their faith. Let's be real though; not very many are. How can we get them excited and equipped to do so? Jason Lamb from Dare2Share joins Brian on the podcast today to talk about this issue and an event coming up that will help your students (and you) in this area.

All leaders experience people who are difficult to lead. On this episode of the podcast, Brian talks about the hardest person you will ever lead. Here's the problem, you have to look at this person in the mirror every day. If you don't lead yourself well, you will have a hard time leading others. Brian looks at six characteristics of self-leadership.

We have a new class of Youth Ministry Interns who are getting ready to start their ministry in a local church. Brian grabbed three of them to be on the podcast this week to talk about what they are learning and what they are most excited or nervous about going into their internship. 

You want to help your students share their faith, but how? Chris Selby joins Brian again on this episode to talk about how to equip your students to have conversations with their friends about Jesus!  

It is easy to become so eager to do ministry that we don't prioritize the most important things. Prayer is one of these things. If you want to reach every student in your community, it has to start with prayer. Chris Selby joins Brian on the podcast for this episode. Chris is a missionary to Youth Pastors and tells his story of how his youth ministry saw 140 reached for Christ in one year.

Whether you are a youth pastor or a small group leader, it is important to understand the significance of relationships when you are working with young people. On this episode, Brian has a conversation with Dwight Peterson. Dwight is a veteran youth leader. He was a youth pastor in a local church for almost twenty years and now is a professor at Clark Summit University in the areas of discipleship and youth ministry. He and his wife are also middle school small group leaders in their local church.   

New York Bible Institute’s Dean of Women, Karen Smith, shares with us on how to have an effective Quiet Time that’s meaningful even on the days you don’t feel up to it. Also, Karen dives into what accountability looks like through both being held accountable and keeping someone else accountable.

Planning is not the most exciting thing to talk about but is certainly necessary for a thriving youth ministry. Brian talks about some practical steps to planning with your leadership team for the new ministry year.

Joining Brian for this episode of Multiply! is Alan Smith. Alan is a Campus Pastor at Greystone Church in Athens, GA. He is the author of Let's Go! Creating and Sustaining a Thriving Student Ministry. He has some real practical thoughts on volunteer leaders, communicating with parents and taking risk in ministry.

We all want to make disciples, but it is not easy. Today on the podcast, Brian talks about identifying where your students are in the process, how we can help them get to the next step and 5 key words in disciple-making.  

It is never too early to begin to prepare your students for college. In this episode, Brian talks with Brian Mills about what you can do to prepare them. Brian is the College Pastor at Cross Church in Fayetteville, AK where he ministers to over 1,000 students. Prior to that, he was  a Student Pastor. He is also the co-author of A Different College Experience.

What does it mean to win in ministry? What kind of things should be measure and how should we keep track of these things? Joining Brian to talk about this is Scott Talley. Scott is the student pastor at Church at the Cross in Orlando, FL and the author of the new book, Ministry Win.

In John 17, Jesus prayed for His disciples knowing that He did not have a lot of time left on earth with them. What we find is a great model as to how we can pray for our students. Brian shares three ways, according to John 17, that we should be praying for our students.

Where students go to college is a big deal. Today on the podcast, Brian is joined by Tom Phillips, Campus Pastor at the Word of Life Bible Institute to talk about the role a Christian College can play in the lives of our students.

The message of the gospel never changes, but our culture continues to change. On this episode, Brian talks with Daniel Rice, the author of #Gospel about how we are going to reach this generation of students.

Summer is just around the corner. What do you have planned for your students? Brian is joined by Kyle Gray and Doug Hively to talk about summer ministry and what part camp can play in that. Also, they talk about opportunities for a student(s) in your ministry to spend the summer working and growing spiritually at camp.

Everyone has a story and every story is significant. Can your students tell their story? Do you tell your story? Brian is joined by Kevin Durham from This is my Story. They have a great conversation on how telling our story can help others find a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Today we listen in on the Word of Life Podcast where Brian was a guest with host Jonathan Phillips to discuss how Satan is attacking and deceiving our youth today. What are our students doing to make it easier for Satan to deceive? Why do so many young people doubt their salvation? How can we best equip our students to stand up against Satan’s attacks and stand out for Jesus in our world?