Comments on: Top 10 “Must Follows” for Youth Ministry

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:54:42 +0000

You’re welcome. I’ve enjoyed you blog and Tweets for a while and think you have a lot to offer Youth Ministry Workers. Thanks for doing all that you do.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:03:21 +0000

Hey somehow I missed that you posted this. Thanks for mentioning me.

By: benboles

benboles — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:56:20 +0000

@Mike Kupferer - thanks for all your great articles and blog posts

@Tim Schmoyer - changed the link, thanks for all the great content both written and videos

@Chris Marsden- I can't believe I didn't put Tony on there. I was actually hoping people would create their own Top 10 list specific to youth ministry but those other guys are great reads too

By: Chris Marsden

Chris Marsden — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:45:25 +0000

Two you missed (at least one of whom you follow)...
Tony Sheng - http://twitter.com/tonytsheng - for anyone interested in student missions or leadership.
Doug Fields - http://twitter.com/dougfields

But really... Terry Davis used to recommend reading creativity books and secular music magazines vs. Youth Ministry stuff simply because it taught us what was really going on, not just the theory from the handful of youth ministers who might have figured out what is going on (probably from reading creativity books and secular music magazines). With that in mind some social media gurus you should be following so you can become THE youth minister to be following.

@ChrisBrogran - http://twitter.com/chrisbrogan - http://chrisbrogan.com
@jnswanson - http://twitter.com/jnswanson
@scobeliezer - http://twitter.com/scobeliezer

And Most importantly... who in your area is interested in what you are interested in? Who are the teachers at the local high school? Who are the Youth Ministers at other churches? Who coaches a local sports team?

This requires some digging. Start with http://search.twitter.com/advanced. Put in your city and pick a radius. Start with the obvious search terms. Make your way towards less obvious.

Also try http://twitterpacks.pbwiki.com/. It is still early in development and I don't see any Youth Ministry related, but if everyone on this list gets added it is only a matter of time.

By: Tim Schmoyer

Tim Schmoyer — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:40:18 +0000

Thanks for the link and the recommendation! Do you think you could update the link to my site to link to http://timschmoyer.com instead? Thanks!

By: mike

mike — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:52:12 +0000

thanks for the mention Ben. And I think you've got a good starting list.