by Michael Bayne | Jan 11, 2012 | book review, change, family ministry, leadership, vision, youth ministry
After reading You Lost Me by Dave Kinnaman and spending a week with college students at Passion 2012 I find myself more determined to help churches understand that college students and young adults are not leaving their faith but instead leaving churches all across...
by Michael Bayne | Nov 21, 2011 | church planting, community, family ministry, serve, vision, youth ministry
Are your teens missed at church when you go away for a retreat or camp? The answer to that question reveals how integrated the teens are in your church culture. The honest truth is that for most churches the rest of the church doesn’t notices when the teens are...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 18, 2011 | family ministry, leadership, staff development, vision
If you are not a fan of the University of Tennessee then you have no idea who this guy is. His name is Matt Sims and he stepped in for our injured starting quarterback this week against the #1 team in the country. Things really didn’t go well for Matt because of...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 22, 2011 | family ministry, Orange, vision, volunteers
Ideas need ammunition if they are actually going to be able to wage the war it takes to make them become reality. When it came to family ministry…true partnership with home and church…I had tons of ideas but none of them ever were able to move out of our...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 8, 2009 | leadership, vision, youth ministry
What are some of the dreams you have for the student ministry (church, organizations, etc.) you lead? What are you praying your students will become? What kind of vision of you casting for your teens to go after? I think many of our dreams for the student ministries...
