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“Youth These Days” Blog Series: The Big Five

in Blog Series, News. Posted October 7, 2015
In the second part of our "Youth These Days" blog series, Zach Marino of Maple Grove Evangelical Church writes about 5 recommendations he has for developing a kingdom-impacting youth ministry. Zach believes these pointers help strike the balance in youth ministry of being relevant yet biblical, Christ-centered, Holy Spirit dependent and God-glorifying.
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Pastor’s Column: Becoming a Volunteer Church

in News, Pastor's Column. Posted October 7, 2015
Church leaders are exhausted by the lack of volunteer help. Volunteers are vital to creating growth and new ministries, and are the key to introducing youth and children to Jesus Christ. Under the leadership of Jill Fox, Wooddale Church's volunteer program boasted 3,000+ participants. In our Pastor's Column, Jill writes about how to mobilize the church’s most vital workforce, volunteers.
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“Youth These Days” Blog Series – Creating a Teen-Focused Church

in Blog Series, News. Posted September 16, 2015
What would it look like to be a teen-focused church; committed to helping teenagers be church's primary means of spreading the Good News? In the first part of in our “Youth These Days” blog series, Luke Trouten shares his thoughts on how your church can better welcome teens to serve, lead and participate fully in the Kingdom of God, and the impact it can have on your youth and even your adults.
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New Blog Series: “Youth These Days”

in Blog Series, News. Posted September 15, 2015
Churches oftentimes don’t know how to engage their youth and teens with the Gospel. Since the beginning of time, parents have scoffed at “youth these days,” lacking an understanding of those a generation or two younger than them. But we at Transform Minnesota are committed to reproducing our faith in the generations that follow us. We need to invest in millennials and younger adolescents so that the Church continues to grow in the hearts of tomorrow’s leaders.
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Pastor’s Column: A Year with “The Story”

in News, Pastor's Column. Posted September 14, 2015
Every year church leaders have many programs pitched at them. It is easy to become jaded about “the next big thing” sweeping across the church. David Lens, Lead Pastor of Hope Church in Richfield wondered if "The Story" was just another over-hyped program to avoid. But after careful research and receiving multiple recommendations Hope Church decided to take the plunge with "The Story." Read why they are so glad they did!
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Gospel Music Up-and-Coming for Intercultural Churches

in News. Posted August 31, 2015
As many immigrant cultures make the Twin Cities home, the church landscape is also changing, and for many multi-cultural churches gospel music is up-and-coming. First Covenant Church in St. Paul hosted a three-day Gospel Music Workshop on August 9-11, that was free and open to anyone who wanted to learn how to sing and perform this soulful style of Christian worship.
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Two Suburban Churches Planting Campuses in Minneapolis’ “Small Town”

in News. Posted August 20, 2015
This fall two well-known suburban churches in the Twin Cities are launching campuses in or near the North Loop. Substance Church and River Valley Church pastors say there is no competition as they launch campuses within one month of each other; they are praying for each other, and are championing the efforts of the local church as both try to reach lost people in this urban "small town" known as the North Loop.
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