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Josh GriffinMore Posts Youth Ministry and a Business Degree

…t youth workers I’ve ever known have Bible degrees. And while I’m writing this, I am in graduate school to pick up a Masters in Biblical Studies. But I don’t feel like I am at a disadvantage because I have a business degree. In fact, I’ve noticed a number of valuable uses from my degree during my 12 years of youth work that I don’t think exist in a typical youth ministry degree. Here are a few business skills I’…

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Josh GriffinMore Posts GUEST POST: It’s not a Business; it’s a Relationship

…nar. I remember the first big lessons I learned in youth ministry. I had been serving as a volunteer Youth Director for a church in North Jersey for three years when everything came crashing down. I had turned ministry into a business and soon found myself stepping down from my position. Not because I wanted to, but because I was asked to stepped down. During my three years as their youth director I accomplished some amazing things. Notice the ke…

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Mottsy Business Card Winners!

Congratulations to our two winners of the Mottsy youth ministry business cards giveaway from the other day: Chris Standridge at 8:51am February 28 Jason Snyder at 4:31pm February 28 Don’t fret if you didn’t win. You can still order an almost identical set of relational business cards for you and your team at a significant discount. Here’s how: 1) Download this photoshop file (link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9934072/BizCard_Te…

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Josh GriffinMore Posts “When and Where” Relational Youth Ministry Business Cards

Got some new business cards in this week – they’re actually more like “relational youth ministry” tools than business cards I guess. They were designed by Mottsy and come in lots of colors and an a-typical shape, perfect for hanging out. Pretty excited to have our team use these – especially the back of the cards where you can write down when/where to hang out with a student or volunteer. Fun! JG UPDATE: Lots of pe…

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Josh GriffinMore Posts GIVEAWAY: Win Youth Ministry Business Cards

Mottsy wants to give all the MTDB readers a chance to print their own set of relational business cards. We’re going to give two readers $25 each towards an order on the site! All you have to do is comment on this post and you will be entered to win! Next Monday I’ll pick the two winning commenters at random. If you don’t win, however, not all is lost. JW Creative has graciously agreed to offer up the original design files, whi…

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Good to Great Churches

A good friend gave me Good to Great by Jim Collins earlier this year – it was one of the better business books that I’ve read in a while. There were many principles that were transferrable to a church setting, I think there was a lot of wisdom in the pages. Read it, if you haven’t had a chance yet. I just noticed that Pastors.com has a new article about Good to Great churches that shouldn’t be missed either. Check it out,…

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Book Review: What Would Google Do?

Just finished up What Would Google Do? by Jeff Jarvis. It was a really interesting read – helping unpack the Google way of doing business and transferring those game-changing principles to your world. I enjoyed it a lot, the first two thirds more than the ending act I have to admit. In the main section of the book Jeff teaches us how to be more Googly, sharing principles of how to build business through relationships, how (and why we must)…

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Josh GriffinMore Posts 4 Basic Skills That Go a Long Way in Youth Ministry

… be a problem, but not knowing any answers is, too! Knowing some basic Bible, especially on topics that relate to teenagers, is critically important when serving in youth ministry. A walk with God is the most important! Basic business knowledge — no matter the size of the church, the youth pastor is going to deal with budgets, accounting and reporting. Having some basic business skills will help a youth worker navigate the less glamorous si…

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Innovation and Risk Brings Gain

There’s an article in Fast Company this week that might have some interesting parallels to ministry. It talks about chess and business, from one of the greatest players in the world. Ultimately, what separates a winner from a loser at the grand-master level is the willingness to do the unthinkable. A brilliant strategy is, certainly, a matter of intelligence, but intelligence without audaciousness is not enough. Given the opportunity, I m…

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Book Review: The Martha Rules

Just finished up reading The Martha Rules by none other than Martha Stewart. And while I took a lot of flak internally for reading this one, I’m glad I did because I love a look outside my specific field. I try to pick up a business book (this one was a gift) every 4th book I read or so (read my other book reviews here). The Martha Rules is a decent read. While I have little or no authentic appreciation for her illustrations of wine taster…