When difficult and traumatic things happen in our world—school shootings, bombings, war, etc.—it can be difficult to know how to talk to children and youth about the events. These links will provide you with helpful tips and important things to keep in mind as you have these conversations. Parent Guidelines for Helping Youth After…
Many churches in America have seen a precipitous decline in attendance over the past 30 years. In more recent years, the 18-35 demographic has been waning in attendance, more than any other group in church membership and attendance. This webinar, led by LaMont Johnson, presents practical strategies and tools in engaging the Young Adults, who…
This webinar for youth ministers and leaders promotes awareness of adolescent mental health issues and provides resources for leaders to help normalize the conversations around adolescent mental health. It includes presentations from mental health professionals, as well as a panel discussion and time for questions and conversation. Access the document of resources HERE.
Have the volunteers that work with your children and youth been through a sexual abuse prevention training? While background checks are helpful they do not catch everything. Safeguard From Abuse, was created to aid as an additional layer of risk management & due diligence for your child safety protocol. With our faith-based, training and certification program, you will better…
Have you run background checks on all your church volunteers, especially those who work with your children and youth? A recommended site for this is SecureSearch. They have worked with thousands of churches, faith-based, and for-impact organizations to help protect those who cannot protect themselves. If you have any questions you can contact Carol Cristiani, vice…
Our fellowship is filled with amazing ministry experience and resources. We have tapped into this and asked our CBFNC Ministry Teams to create resource lists beneficial for their specific areas of ministry. These resources were featured in our E-news. We hope you will find these lists rich with resources that you will find beneficial to…
Our fellowship is filled with amazing ministry experience and resources. We have tapped into this and asked our CBFNC Ministry Teams to create resource lists beneficial for their specific areas of ministry. These resources were featured in our E-news. We hope you will find these lists rich with resources that you will find beneficial to…
Realization of the child sexual abuse epidemic needs to change how churches care for children. Church Ministry Leaders need to recognize their responsibility to be vigilant in taking every safety precaution to protect children in their care. A failure to do so is negligent and destroys lives and churches. Making sure our churches are safe is not something we should be talking about, it is something that…
This webinar presented by Matt Overton, author of Mentorship and Marketplace: A New Director for Youth Ministry, follows his journey into youth ministry as social enterprise. Matt shares what led him to do youth ministry in a new way, the do’s and don’ts of this type of ministry, other lessons he’s learned along the way…
Blended families are becoming increasingly more common in our friendships, churches, and even our own extended families. How do we best minister to these blended families? Do we really even understand how blended families often function or what they need most? Coming from both counseling and theological perspectives, Rev. Chrissy Binion, will uncover practical ways…