Student Ministry Resources
Find everything you need to grow your youth ministry with trusted resources and training materials.
Our desire is to serve you in your mission of making disciples of students. Only God and His Word bring about true heart transformation.
Because of this, it is our top priority to ensure our resources and events are rooted in the truth of Scripture.
Bible StudiesSunday School CurriculumCampsDevotionalsDNOWGamesLeader ResourcesPodcasts
3 Elements of a Healthy Student Ministry
How do I know if I have a healthy student ministry?
As you wrestle with this question, make sure you remember that we’re not talking about ministry strategy or ministry context. Each church has a unique context. There are probably as many student ministry strategies as there are student pastors.
There are three student ministry elements that will be present in a healthy ministry regardless of strategy or context.
Kingdom Expanding
Character Transforming
Culture Shaping
Get Equipped to Lead Teen Girls
Whether you're a mom, a small group leader, a Girls Ministry leader, or a woman who's pouring into girls in another way, we want to encourage you along the way.
You'll find training tools and great resources to take your girls ministry to the next level.
Connect With Others, Grow As A Leader
Have you ever wished you had just one extra person on your team? Now imagine if that person knew exactly what it was like to be a youth pastor, had walked through similar struggles and celebrations, AND had an endless library of resources for you to pull from! Introducing: Youth Ministry Booster.
Youth Ministry Booster is the place for you to:
Find community with other people doing the same kind of work.
Find soul care, because ministry can sometimes be lonely and difficult.
Find hundreds of resources you can use on-the-spot with students.
Get practical training to continue growing in your role, whether you’re a veteran or today is your first day on the job.
Leader Resources
Created specifically for you by people who have experience leading and discipling teenagers.
Student Ministry that Matters
Is Your Student Ministry Healthy?
Student Ministry that Matters gives you and your leaders a framework to answer this question, "Is my student ministry healthy?" and help you highlight areas of improvement as you seek to lead a student ministry focused on health.
Your First 100 Days in Student Ministry: And the 40 Years that Follow
Perfect for new and seasoned youth leaders.
Walk you through the process of becoming an effective student minister and building a sustainable ministry.
This Is Girls Ministry
Build a relational strategy to reach teen girls.
This Is Girls Ministry invites you to identify what your relational strategy looks like as you overcome fears that keep you from stepping up and break down barriers that show up when you do.
A Different College Experience
Help students follow Christ in college.
Provide a biblical and practical guide for how you can have a fun, joy-filled, and spiritually enriching college experience while avoiding the pitfalls that have captured so many before you.
Rescue a Generation
Connect with hard-to-reach students.
Be inspired to step outside your comfort zone with real-life stories of how urban youth are being transformed by the gospel. Get equipped with the tools you need to genuinely connect with those hard-to-reach students your ministry is missing.
Within Reach
As your students graduate high school, are they graduating from church too?
Ben Trueblood points student ministry leaders to the hope found within this startling statistic. The hope for helping students build lifelong faith and keeping them connected to the church after high school is just a few small changes away.
Student Ministry Podcasts
The Student Ministry Podcast
Join Ben Trueblood and some of the best student ministry contributors around as they help you walk and wrestle through the joys, challenges, victories, and struggles of student ministry.
Girls Ministry Podcast
We are committed to bringing authentic and meaningful conversations to remind you that God is at work through your calling for your good, for the good of the girls you serve, and for His glory.
Customizable Weekly Parent Discipleship
Parent Partner is a digital, subscription-based resource that provides monthly content for youth ministers to send directly to parents along with a church strategy to encourage at home discipleship.
For one low monthly price, you get everything you need to serve all the families in your ministry, whether that's 5 or 500.
Bible Study Curriculum
Hyfi
A new digital curriculum to reach the next generation.
Bible Studies for Life
Tackles real life issues, while creating a safe environment for spiritual conversations.
The Gospel Project
Christ-centered, chronological studies help students understand the unifying story of Scripture.
Explore the Bible
Present teens with God’s Word, allowing for honest and transparent conversations around the Bible.
Devotionals for Students
Providing devotional resources for teenagers will encourage them to be in scripture daily.
We provide 30-day and long term devotionals with topics such as:
Books of the Bible
Hot Topics
The Life of Christ
Holidays and Milestones
Plan a Disciple Now Weekend
Challenge and grow your students in their relationship with the Lord.
Our DNow and student retreat resources include everything you need to easily plan and host a life-changing event for your students.
Life Changing Summer Camp Experiences
Checkout our camps to learn more and see where your group could join us next summer.
Find a Camp
Trustworthy, Age-Appropriate Games for Students
Perfect for family game nights, camps and retreats, and your weekly youth ministry gathering! May they lead to more laughs, more conversations, more friendships, and even more exciting gatherings this year. Have fun!
Parent Partner - Conversation Guides
Help parents dig into the hard questions in a trustworthy, Scripture-based way. Our Conversation Guides are practical, quick ways to help parents discuss important topics like Identity & Purpose, Relationships, Mental Health, Cultural Topics, and Discipleship.