THIS SUMMER, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS
With many of our students back home, Summer is a great time to renew relationships with them and meet young people new to you. Launching a more vibrant, meaningful relationship with new generations may be a bit daunting, even clumsy at first, but the impact it can have on the young person and you can be profound. Here’s the Southwestern Union Record feature article by A Allan Martin, PhD.

MULTIPLY PODCAST: HELP! MY CHURCH IS GROWING OLD AND GRAY Jose and Allan explore six commitments that could help your church to keep, reach, and unleash a powerful and spiritual younger generation for mission and ministry right in your local church. Based on sound research, they affirm that while most churches are growing old and…

Pastor Justin Yang is Texas Conference Young Adult Ministries Director and a #GYA presenter. His article about intergenerational relationships was recently featured in the Southwestern Union Record. Here’s an excerpt from his article: One of my all-time favorite metaphors of the church is family. It conjures up the image of generations that are growing and…

PELIGRO: Si aplica las estrategias de este libro, su iglesia corre el riesgo de ser un lugar que los jóvenes amen. Jóvenes y Adultos trabajarán juntos y su iglesia se rejuvenecerá constantemente. El libro está traducido al español!

Trabajamos para crecer juntos como Iglesia Adventista del Séptimo Día con neuestros jóvenes y jóvenes adultos Durante demasiado tiempo hemos visto a generaciones en nuestra iglesia separarse. Este seminario compartirá cómo podemos transformar la cultura y ver un poderoso cambio positivo. Oramos para que esto traiga transformación cultural y sanación a muchas de nuestras congregaciones…

CRECIENDO JUNTOS: Growing Young en español para la iglesia Latina. Las estadísticas nos dicen que la mayoría de jóvenes dejan la iglesia después de la edad de 18 años. Como no estábamos conformes con esa realidad, emprendimos una jornada de investigación que nos llevó 4 años para identificar las iglesias que están rejuveneciendo al ministrar…

Does it feel like everything around you is changing? Your church is growing older and you wish there was more energy and vitality. Your church doesn’t have the young people it once did, and you don’t know what has changed and why your church isn’t connecting anymore. The pandemic has changed the way you have…

The typical church in the United States is growing older and growing smaller. Research indicates that as many as half of the people growing up in Christian churches today will end up walking away from their religious affiliation. The Growing Together Podcast is all about honest and hopeful conversation with leaders who are challenging the…

Did you know that Isaac Newton was a college student during the Great Plague of London in 1665? Although it would take another 200 years for doctors to understand what caused the sickness, folks had enough sense to send students home to practice social-distancing. Back in London, a fourth of the population would die of…

You’ve probably noticed the various ministries, church growth specialists, and spiritual experts seeking to help the local church through the COVID-19 crisis. For many unsuspecting church leaders, the coronavirus can feel like they are staring into the abyss of uncertainty, and who can blame them? It is an unsettling time, and our church leaders need…

We are poised for the pandemic. Although the worldwide COVID-19 breakout provides more than enough opportunity for foreboding and dismal news, in many ways Adventists have been preparing and are poised to be agents of hope in times such as this. As evidenced in our name alone, our anticipation of Jesus’ soon arrival can be…

February of 2020, Australian Growing Together Summit was launched at multiple locations across the country, with over 600 local church leaders and pastors coming together over two weekends – Brisbane, Perth, Sydney and Melbourne. In an ambitious endeavor to share the summit across the entire continent, the Growing Together team synchronized broadcasts between the summit…

In 2017, the Southeastern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists [SECC] with the full support of their administration and under the leadership of Dr. Jonathan Park, SECC Executive Secretary, embarked on an innovative evangelism project. Funded by SECC in partnership with Evangelism Endowment funds from the Pacific Union, the project allowed SECC churches to get creative…

Yearly young adult ministry retreats can serve as “keystone events,” helping to create momentum and rhythms for conference level and local church calendars. The goal is to use these retreats to funnel momentum and energy back to the local church, as well as connect young adults who are currently not plugged in, by giving them…

Anyone that knows me, knows that I love tacos. My favorites are carne asada and fish tacos. I love tacos with not a whole bunch of toppings, just cilantro, onion, guacamole and of course salsa. Simple but delicious. They taste even better if the tortillas are made from scratch. I recently told my wife, “After…

The headlines and headcounts all herald that “young people have left the building” when it comes to church. Likely you too have sensed the fading of young faces from faith life. Granted, you run into students and young professionals you know and love at almost every intersection of everyday life. But when it comes to…