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Beyond the Youth Room
by Beyond the Youth Room
Welcome to the Beyond the Youth Room Podcast, where we help equip student ministry leaders and volunteers to train students to take the Gospel to their schools, communities, and peers!
Episodes
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How Much Say Should Students Have in Youth Ministry?
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 🔥 Join Our CommunityHow much say should students have in youth ministry? Should youth pastors change their youth group programming based on student feedback, or can listening to students actually hurt your ministry?In this episode of Beyond the Youth Room, we're...
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10 Things Every Youth Ministry Does (But Should We?)
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 🔥 Join Our CommunityWhat youth ministry practices are actually worth doing? From youth group games and summer camps to student leadership teams and outreach events, youth pastors spend a lot of time planning programs and activities. But are these common youth...
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How We Built a Student-Led Discipleship Program That Actually Works
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 🔥 Join Our Community 👀 Sample Discussion GuideHow do you build a student-led youth ministry discipleship program that actually works? In this episode of Beyond the Youth Room, we're breaking down how we handed our Sunday night youth ministry program over to high...
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We’re Getting Rid of Our Winter Camp. Here’s Why.
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutShould your youth ministry still do winter camp? Our students LOVE youth winter camp—but this year, we’re getting rid of it.In this episode of Beyond the...
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What 325 Salvations Taught Us About Growing New Believers
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 🔥 Join Our CommunityWhat do you do after a student trusts Christ? Over the last few years, we’ve seen more than 325 students profess faith in Jesus—and it exposed some major gaps in how we were doing new believer follow-up.In this episode of Beyond the Youth Room…
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5 Things We Don't Do in Our Youth Ministry
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge🔥 Join Our CommunityThere are a lot of youth ministry “best practices” that youth pastors are simply expected to follow. But are they actually helping us make disciples?Over the years, we’ve stopped doing several things that are extremely common in youth ministry…
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How to Actually Share the Gospel as a Youth Pastor
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 🔥 Join Our Community Sermon: https://youtu.be/kSSCEqwsuJU?is=Ne7bitCkVKubjVHf How do you actually share the gospel as a youth pastor? And how do you create a culture of evangelism in your youth ministry where students are regularly hearing and sharing the gospel?In...
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How I Prepare a Youth Sermon From Start to Finish.
⚡Take Our FREE Evangelism Challenge 🔥 Join Our Community Filled with FREE ResourcesHow do you write a youth sermon that is biblical, engaging, and actually connects with teenagers? Sermon writing and sermon preparation can be one of the hardest parts of youth ministry, especially when you’re...
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We Planned Our Entire Youth Ministry Year. Here’s What We’re Doing
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 🔥 Join Our CommunityWhat should you actually do in your youth ministry this year? We just finished planning our full youth ministry calendar, and we’re sharing all of it: youth group events, sermon series ideas, summer camp, winter camp, outreach events,...
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I Surveyed My Students About Their Faith. Here’s What I Learned.
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutHow do you know if your youth ministry is actually making disciples? We surveyed more than 130 students in our student ministry about their spiritual...
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How to Build a Youth Ministry in a Church Plant | ft. Brandon Hembree
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutHow do you build a youth ministry from scratch—especially in a church plant? In this episode of Beyond the Youth Room, church planter and former youth...
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Gen Alpha Isn’t Gen Z. Here’s Why That Matters | Shane Pruitt & Dr. Shelly Melia
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutGen Alpha isn’t Gen Z—and youth pastors need to understand what makes this generation different. In this episode of Beyond the Youth Room, Shane Pruitt…
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How to Build a Youth Ministry Discipleship Plan From Scratch
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutHow do you build a youth ministry discipleship plan from scratch? In this practical youth ministry discipleship deep dive, we walk through a simple...
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The Biggest Discipleship Myths in Youth Ministry
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutWhat does discipleship actually look like in youth ministry? Many youth pastors and student ministry leaders want to make disciples, but common youth...
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If We Inherited a Declining Youth Ministry, Here's Our Plan
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutIf you're leading a declining youth ministry, struggling youth group, or stagnant student ministry, where do you start? In this episode of the Beyond the...
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3 Ways We Build the Gospel Into Every Youth Group
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutHow do you build evangelism into your youth ministry programs? In this video, I share three practical strategies youth pastors can use to make sure…
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Our Students Shared the Gospel 7,000 Times. Here’s What We Learned.
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutOur students have shared the Gospel more than 7,000 times—and what we’ve learned has completely changed how we approach youth ministry evangelism,...
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This Youth Ministry Debate Exposed a Bigger Problem
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutHow do you build a youth ministry that doesn’t depend entirely on the youth pastor? We’re talking about youth ministry leadership, volunteer development,...
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Youth Pastors: Your Ministry Decisions Are Based on Guesses
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits 🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/about Use youth ministry surveys to accurately measure student spiritual growth, identify discipleship gaps, and stop leading based on assumptions instead of...
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What God Taught Me This Summer That Every Youth Pastor Needs to Hear
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutWhat can a busy summer of youth ministry, student ministry, summer camp, mission trips, and student discipleship teach you about leading students better?…
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How We Built a Thriving College Ministry (Without a College Pastor)
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutHow do you build a thriving college ministry when your church doesn't have a college pastor? In this episode, we share the exact framework we used to…
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1,000 First-Time Visitors Later... Here's What Works
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutIf you're wondering how to grow your youth ministry, reach more teenagers, increase first-time visitors, improve student ministry outreach, and build a...
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Youth Pastors: You’re Making More of a Difference Than You Think (We Can Prove It)
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutIf you're a youth pastor, youth leader, or student ministry volunteer who has ever driven home from youth group wondering, "Is any of this actually making…
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Everything We'd Do Differently in Year 1 of Youth Ministry
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/about After nearly 30 combined years in student ministry, we're sharing the 5 biggest youth ministry mistakes we made early on—and what we'd do differently if…
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Youth Pastors Keep Choosing The Wrong Student Leaders
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutMost youth pastors want to develop student leaders, but many student leadership teams never become what they were intended to be.In this episode, we…
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Youth Pastors: I Read the New Gen Alpha Report So You Don't Have To
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutWhat does the latest Barna and Christ In Youth Gen Alpha Report reveal about Christian teenagers, youth ministry, and the future of student discipleship?…
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The 7 Values Every Growing Youth Ministry Has in Common
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutYouth ministry growth doesn't happen by accident. If you're a youth pastor or student ministry leader looking to build a disciple-making youth ministry,...
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Is Gen Z Moving Toward High Church?
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/about📺 Wes Huff Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpNgxsiNoOA&t=87sIs Gen Z actually moving toward high church, liturgical worship, and more traditional...
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4 Things Travel Sports Can Teach Youth Pastors About Youth Ministry
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/about Why are families willing to sacrifice thousands of dollars, travel every weekend, and completely rearrange their schedules for travel sports—but not…
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My Complete Weekly Workflow & Schedule as a Youth Pastor
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutWhat does a typical week actually look like for a youth pastor?In this video, I'm pulling back the curtain and sharing my complete weekly workflow as a...
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When Students Drift Away… Here's What Youth Pastors Get Wrong
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/about Youth ministry is hard when students drift away from church, stop coming to youth group, or begin struggling in their faith. In this episode of Beyond…
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We're Completely Changing Our Youth Ministry Programming… Because This Isn't Working
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits 🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/about Youth ministry programs can get polished, organized, and full… while still missing what matters most. In this episode of Beyond the Youth Room, we break...
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How to Build Your Ultimate Youth Ministry Vision Plan
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutYouth ministry vision planning is one of the most overlooked parts of student ministry leadership. In this episode, we break down how to build a complete...
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The #1 Mistake Youth Pastors Make With New Students
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutYouth ministry growth, first-time guest retention, and student engagement are some of the biggest challenges youth pastors face today. In this episode of...
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4 Ways Gen Alpha Will Change Youth Ministry
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutGen Alpha is officially becoming the dominant generation in youth ministry, and they are NOT just Gen Z 2.0. In this episode, we break down 4 major ways…
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Why Your Students Watch MrBeast… But Tune You Out
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutYouth ministry, student engagement, Gen Z attention spans, and communication in youth ministry all matter more than ever—and MrBeast might understand...
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The #1 Bible Study for Teen Guys (Youth Pastors Need This)
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutIf you’re looking for one of the best discipleship resources for teenage boys, The Measure of a Man by Gene Getz is a powerful Bible study that every…
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I Found a Bible Plan That ACTUALLY WORKS for Teens
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutMost youth ministry Bible reading plans don’t work for teens—and that’s a problem. In this short, we break down how to get students reading the Bible, how...
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Unpopular Opinions: Youth Pastors OVERRATE These Things
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutSome of the most popular strategies in youth ministry… don’t actually work.In this episode, we break down 5 overrated youth ministry practices that many...
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THIS is Why Your Youth Ministry Isn't Multiplying (And How to Fix It)
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutIf your youth ministry isn’t multiplying disciples, it’s probably not a strategy problem—it’s a systems problem. This episode breaks down a simple, proven...
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Youth Pastors: Is Camp Still Worth It in 2026?
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutYouth ministry camps are changing—and many youth pastors are asking if camp is still worth it in 2026. If you’ve noticed lower student excitement, fewer...
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The Best Church History Book for Youth Pastors (Students Are Asking This)
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutChurch History in Plain Language review — Why are there so many Christian denominations? What did the early church believe, and how did we get from the...
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Jocko Willink’s Leadership Rules Every Youth Pastor Should Follow
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutWhat would Jocko Willink fix in your youth ministry? In this episode of Beyond the Youth Room, we break down powerful youth ministry leadership principles...
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We Challenged Every Student to Share the Gospel 10x in 30 Days… Here’s What Happened.
⚡Get Your FREE Kits Today 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutWhat happens when you challenge every student in your youth ministry to share the Gospel?In this video, we walk through a simple yet powerful Gospel Challenge…
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This Book Grew Our Youth Ministry 10x… Here’s How
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutWhat if your youth ministry could experience real, lasting growth—not just in attendance, but in salvations, discipleship, and gospel impact? A few years...
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If Satan Wanted to Destroy Your Youth Ministry…
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits 🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutWhat if your youth ministry isn’t being attacked from the outside, but slowly drifting from within? In this episode, we dive into youth ministry…
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Is God a Moral Monster? | A Must Have For Youth Pastors
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits 🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutIs God a moral monster? How do we respond when students ask about slavery in the Bible, Old Testament violence, or difficult passages about God’s...
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Does Gen Z Believe Revival Is Coming? (Barna's #2 Trend for 2026)
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutIs revival coming to America? According to new data from Barna Group, a growing number of Gen Z and U.S. adults believe spiritual revival is on the...
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Gen Z’s Spiritual Openness Is Rising (Barna Trend #1)
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits 🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutGen Z is more spiritually open than ever—but why aren’t more students being transformed? In this video, we break down the latest Barna Group 2026 church...
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Feeling the Spring Slump? Here’s How to Finish Strong in Youth Ministry
⚡Take the Evangelism Challenge 👉 https://www.generationunashamed.org/kits 🔥 Join Our Community: https://www.skool.com/beyondtheyouthroom/aboutStruggling with the spring slump in youth ministry? In this episode of Beyond the Youth Room, we share proven youth ministry strategies, youth group…
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