Danny Trueblood, Youth Pastor, CCV North Phoenix: Recognizing and Remedying Declining Participation in Youth Group Ministry

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!In the post-pandemic world, the numbers tell us clearly that youth are at risk.  Teen suicide and the frequency of mental health diagnoses are at a historic high.  Yet, just when youth need it most, their participation within local church youth ministry is in decline.National polls of Evangelical Christian teens find young people reporting that 69% are saying that they attended youth group at age 17.  But, that number is cut in half before they graduate high school at age 18.Could these two alarming trends be connected?Uh, duh.In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, G is joined by Northwest Christian alumni Danny Trueblood who leads the thriving youth ministry at CCV North Phoenix.  Together, they wrestle with the top reasons that participation is declining and what can be done to stem the tide of the resulting cultural ills.To learn more about the youth ministry at CCV North Phoenix, please follow this link."Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.For more information on Frameworks, please visit:  https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email [email protected] or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573. "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email [email protected] or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.