Podcast appearances and mentions of Brad M Griffin

About Brad Griffin Our guest, Brad M. Griffin, is the Senior Director of Content & Research for the Fuller Youth Institute.  Brad develops research-based resources for youth ministry leaders & families.  Brad is the coauthor of over fifteen books, including Faith Beyond Youth Group, 3 Big Questions That Change Every Teenager & 3 Big Questions That Shape Your Future, Growing Young, and Sticky Faith.  He is also a speaker, writer, and volunteer pastor.  Brad and his wife, Missy, live in Southern California with their three teenage and young adult kids. The Ideal Youth Group Together, Michelle Hill, Trace Embry and Brad Griffin discuss the role of youth groups in the church and how they can and should impact a child's faith. The ideal church youth group knows how to express and live out the importance of trust, consistency, and communication with its members. They also highlight the need for youth leaders to model Christ-like behavior and promote conversations about faith outside of the youth group. It is suggested that parents should expect youth leaders to provide information about the content of the group's discussions and activities.  Parents should be given an outline of the youth group discussion topics to facilitate effective discipleship and transparency. Youth groups shouldn't try to compete by trying to keep kids entertained.  They already get enough of that!  There should be an emphasis on the importance of fun in youth groups, but be cautious on relying too heavily on entertainment. Episode Highlights: Can parents be a stumbling block for youth leaders trying to disciple youth group participants? Think about your own child's youth group. Can youth groups be harmful to your child's faith? What does the ideal youth group look like? Does effective discipleship always include entertainment? Image from Canva

About Brad Griffin Our guest, Brad M. Griffin, is the Senior Director of Content & Research for the Fuller Youth Institute.  Brad develops research-based resources for youth ministry leaders & families.  Brad is the coauthor of over fifteen books, including Faith Beyond Youth Group, 3 Big Questions That Change Every Teenager & 3 Big Questions That Shape Your Future, Growing Young, and Sticky Faith.  He is also a speaker, writer, and volunteer pastor.  Brad and his wife, Missy, live in Southern California with their three teenage and young adult kids. The Ideal Youth Group Together, Michelle Hill, Trace Embry and Brad Griffin discuss the role of youth groups in the church and how they can and should impact a child's faith. The ideal church youth group knows how to express and live out the importance of trust, consistency, and communication with its members. They also highlight the need for youth leaders to model Christ-like behavior and promote conversations about faith outside of the youth group. It is suggested that parents should expect youth leaders to provide information about the content of the group's discussions and activities.  Parents should be given an outline of the youth group discussion topics to facilitate effective discipleship and transparency. Youth groups shouldn't try to compete by trying to keep kids entertained.  They already get enough of that!  There should be an emphasis on the importance of fun in youth groups, but be cautious on relying too heavily on entertainment. Episode Highlights: Can parents be a stumbling block for youth leaders trying to disciple youth group participants? Think about your own child's youth group. Can youth groups be harmful to your child's faith? What does the ideal youth group look like? Does effective discipleship always include entertainment? Image from Canva

In their new book, Faith Beyond Youth Group, Kara Powell, Jen Bradbury and Brad M. Griffin offer this startling statistic about students' faith after high school graduation: “While spiritual and religious activity under age eighteen seems to slightly increase the odds of faith lasting after youth group, a compilation of studies indicates that about 40 to 50 percent of youth group kids drift from God and the faith community after graduation.” In this episode of the Influence Podcast, I'm talking to Kara Powell about how churches can address this problem by cultivating lifelong faith in youth. I'm George P. Wood, executive editor of Influence magazine and your host. Kara Powell, Ph.D., is executive director of the Fuller Youth Institute, a faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary, where she also serves as Fuller's chief of leadership formation. A credentialed Assemblies of God minister, she is author or coauthor of numerous books about ministry to youth. ————— This episode of the Influence podcast is brought to you by My Healthy Church, a distributor of In Jesus' Name. In this book, Rick DuBose shows the path back to five forgotten altars — and ultimately, the path to your place in heaven's throne room. Full of real-world application and encouraging inspiration, this book will prepare you to pray with humble authority that moves heaven — and unleashes victory here on earth. For more information about In Jesus' Name, visit MyHealthyChurch.com.

Our unofficial panel of menfolk continue for 30 minutes into the second hour!  Tom Parrish, Jeff Verdoorn and special guest Jacob Verdoorn join Bill to give their unique male perspectives on listener questions. They discuss, the author of Hebrews, verses of comfort during death, Jeremiah 31:22, end times timeline, 2 Peter 3:12, and much more. Sometimes life gives you way more questions than answers. When author Brad Griffin joins Afternoons, he breaks down those big questions into manageable pieces and helps your teen embrace God's best answers for them, through the book, "3 Big Questions That Shape Your Future." Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here * This encore episode originally aired on December 1, 2022

Our unofficial panel of menfolk continue for 30 minutes into the second hour!  Tom Parrish, Jeff Verdoorn and special guest Jacob Verdoorn join Bill to give their unique male perspectives on listener questions. They discuss, the author of Hebrews, verses of comfort during death, Jeremiah 31:22, end times timeline, 2 Peter 3:12, and much more. Sometimes life gives you way more questions than answers. When author Brad Griffin joins Afternoons, he breaks down those big questions into manageable pieces and helps your teen embrace God's best answers for them, through the book, "3 Big Questions That Shape Your Future." Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here

Billie Eilish should be helping us understand our teen's anxiety? That's what we're being told by Christianity Today! How is it that NBA star Dwayne Wade's 12-year-old son is old enough to make a life-altering decision about changing his gender? “Billie Eilish Can Help Us Understand Teenage Anxiety” https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2020/february-web-only/billie-eilish-can-help-us-understand-teenage-anxiety.html Written by Brad M. Griffin, ChristianityToday.com, February 11, 2020 “Billie Eilish Sprouts Oil-Slicked Wings in Demonic ‘All the Good Girls Go To Hell'” http://www.mtv.com/news/3138075/billie-eilish-all-the-good-girls-go-to-hell-video/ Trey Alston, MTV.com, September 4, 2019 ************** NBA Star Dwayne Wade's son is transitioning: “Dwayne Wade Son Zion Is Now Zaya (TRANSGENDER LOOK AT HER NOW)” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbPSZ0xe08Q via Youtube, Feb 11, 2020

Ann, Jenny, and Adam discuss the book Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies to Help Young People Discover and Love Your Church by Brad M. Griffin, Jake Mulder, and Kara Powell.

Ann, Jenny, and Adam discuss the book Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies to Help Young People Discover and Love Your Church by Brad M. Griffin, Jake Mulder, and Kara Powell.

Many (if not most) churches struggle to make a connection with younger generations.  How do we fix it?  In this episode, we find out what Brad Griffin discovered through the Growing Young Project.   Brad is the coauthor of Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies to Help Young People Discover and Love Your Church.

Brad M. Griffin, director at Fuller Youth Institute, talks about why creating family holiday traditions is important and how to make time for them in today’s episode of the Parent Cue Live podcast. The post PCL 51: How To Make Room For Moments During The Holiday Season appeared first on Parent Cue.