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Reaching Hispanic Gen X
BY RUDY CARRASCO Christian leaders burdened with ministry to Hispanic youth must solve the riddle of Hispanic Generation X. By Hispanic Generation X, I refer to Hispanics living in the...
Developing a Servant’s Heart
BY ROGER FELIPE There is a heightened concentration today on the subject of leadership. Conferences, books, tapes and sermons abound on the issue. Leadership is expressed in different avenues of...
Investing in Your Youth
BY MARVIN JACOBO The young people of your church will catch the cell vision and principles sooner than the adults. Experience has taught us that the older the person, the...
Unidos Always
BY DR. JESSE MIRANDA Recently I was reading in The Daily Bread, a devotional guide of millions of believers. That day's selection mentioned that during the El Niño winter storms,...
Boys to Men: A Ceremony to Celebrate
When does a boy become a man? Ask anyone and you will receive a variety of responses. At fifteen years old, one of the local gangs, the Warlords, made me...
Misiones y Servicio
BY JEFFREY DE LEON En el ministerio juvenil existen algunas cosas que realmente traerán vida a tu grupo de jòvenes. Las Misiones y el Servicio son ingredientes indispensables para un...
Liderazgo en Accion
PETE CONTRERAS Pete Contreras grew up in the inner city of Los Angeles, California. His parents were married for about four years before they got a divorce. Pete and his...
A Community Development Approach to Youth Ministry
BY MICHAEL A. MATA All vital youth ministry is relational in nature. However, the most effective programs have "points of entry" that affect or touch upon the developmental needs of...
Growing Your Youth Ministry
BY BENNY PEREZ Throughout my years of youth ministry I have had the opportunity to see God grow two local church youth ministries. I write this article not as an...
Transforming a Community from the Inside Out
BY ALEXIE M. TORRES When residents of the Soundview section of the Bronx decided that their community had suffered enough from the growing drug trade in their neighborhood, nearly 400...
Una Amistad que Libera
BY LUCAS LEYS Hay veces que cada uno de nosotros necesitamos experimentar la autoridad de Dios a través de alguien de carne y hueso. Es cierto que es dificil encontrar...
How Effective Youth Ministry Can Benefit the Latino Church
BY NOEL CASTELLANOS One of the most recognizable images in our culture today are the golden arches at McDonald's. This is no mistake, as this multi-billion dollar corporation spends millions...
