“Volunteer recruitment is a premium right now. Spending the final few weeks of the summer focusing on volunteers helps the fall start off feeling really good.” – Ben Trueblood “The […]

Episode 370: Did you know you could bonsai any tree?

“Maybe what we see at camp is meant to push our low moments a little bit higher than they were before. Rather than my ministry needs to feel like camp […]

Episode 369: Heat Index and a Cold Water Baptism

“Students connect to stories, so share your story about how God called you into ministry.” – Shane Pruitt “Invite people into your calendar to show them what ministry looks like […]

Episode 368: Calling out the Called

Mark Dance

“We need to talk less and listen more.” – Mark Dance “Time management is a big challenge that needs to be a priority in your life.” – Mark Dance Mark […]

Episode 367: Start to Finish, a Conversation with Mark Dance

“When the busy is the result of procrastination or the wrong priorities, it makes it hard to get the rest we need.” – Zac Workun “You are measured by who […]

Episode 366: Urgent Care

Zach Wyatt

“Finding community with other student pastors is vitally important ” – Zach Wyatt “Student pastors have to focus on more than just their strategic ministry. Their personal walk with The […]

Episode 365: A Conversation with Zach Wyatt

“Often students remember serving or time spent in their small group with a leader over coffee or lunch, and it’s those moments that tend to last. What would it look […]

Episode 364: Creating Traditions

“Find someone who you can be accountable to who doesn’t care about your title or your past.” – Lee Wilson “My first ministry is my family.” – Lee Wilson Lee […]

Episode 363: A Conversation with Lee Wilson

“If you have to do ministry with less, then you can do a lot with relationships and being people.” – Ben Trueblood “The challenge in ministry beyond what we say […]

Episode 362: Oklahoma Crepes

Curtis Zackery

“Spiritual disciplines should be intentional, substantial, and sustainable” – Curtis Zackery “Suffering allows us to see who we are now because of what we have experienced.” – Curtis Zackery Curtis Zackery (CZ) is known […]

Episode 361: A Conversation with Curtis Zackery

Serving Student Ministers in their mission of making disciples

“Ethnic unity can only come through relationships. Proximity creates empathy. ” – Dr. Bryan Loritts Dr. Bryan Loritts (D.Min., Liberty University) is the Teaching Pastor at The Summit Church. An […]

Episode 360: A Conversation with Dr. Loritts

Jeff Wallace

“My mom didn’t want me to have a single story perspective. She wanted me to see the heart of the man before I saw the face of the man.” – […]

Episode 359: A Conversation with Jeff Wallace

“You communicate not just from stage but also in the way you write emails, train volunteers, budget, and through many other ways.” – Ben Trueblood About Ben Trueblood Ben serves […]

Episode 358: The Art of Communication

“There are things that frustrate us that we can’t control but I think even in those areas there are things that we can control. When we get stuck on the […]

Episode 357: Wake Up Cake

“Continue to challenge yourself to do something new. This does not always have to be something brand new but can be tweaking something to make it better.” – Ben Trueblood […]

Episode 356: What’s New?

“We need to help our students fight loneliness for themselves but also understand the loneliness epidemic around to help students engage in a lost world.” – Chad Higgins “Creating a […]

Episode 355: Bizzaro World & A Happy New Year

“Jesus is not content to let Lazarus live his new life in his grave clothes. What would it look like if we removed the grave clothes from our lives and […]

Episode 354: Unbound

“Your administrative ability will become your lid to effectiveness. Those who are able to push through that administrative barrier, develop their skills, and execute the to-do lists of ministry, are […]

Episode 353: Admin All-Star

“You don’t have to be an expert on everything, you just need to bring to the table what you are good at.” – Sam Landrith “Learning from mentors, or through […]

Episode 352: Leading before you’re ready

“Students who have a strong and vibrant faith have a leader who poured into them and invested in them.” – JC Groves “Students need to see faithful adults living out […]

Episode 351: Student Ministry and Faith Deconstruction

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In this episode, Ben, John Paul, and Julie talk with Ryan McDermott about calling students up and not out. This may seem like a subtle difference at first but has […]

Episode 219: Calling Students Up and Not Out

In this episode of the winter edition of Like It or Spike It, Ben and John Paul decide what fun winter traditions they want to keep and which ones they […]

Episode 211: Like It or Spike It

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