Category Archives: Youth Ministry

To see generations of Albanian teens begin an authentic and growing relationship with Jesus Christ that empowers them to worship Him passionately, serve Him eagerly and share Him fearlessly with others.

This is the vision of our Youth ministry at Nxenesit e Jezusit Church (Disciples of Jesus). At our leader meeting in our living room Monday night, all of our leaders were working to say it from memory. Those of you who have known me and served in ministry know that I love to make leaders do this! Some can say it in two languages! There is still something about memorizing your vision and purpose statement that unites us in heart and purpose.

This weekend the youth of our ministry will lead the church in worship for our weekly service. The youth worship team will lead worship, several will be presenting a drama, one of our new believers, Evisa, will give her testimony and many others will be serving in a variety of other ways. I will be offering the message on Evangelism. Pray with us for God to move as the youth have a chance to give back and serve the body and stay tuned… we will post some youtube videos of the service!

This past weekend I was privileged to speak at the 2nd Albania Youth Ministry Network conference held in Durres.   The focus of this 4 day event was creativity.  (I’ll share more on that another day.)  One of my dreams is to equip and train youth leaders in Albania as part of our vision to see a youth movement for Christ spread across the Balkans.   It has been awesome to be a part of the Youth Ministry Network and see that dream start as a grassroots movement with a handful of others who are also passionate about seeing teenagers develop an authentic and growing relationship with Jesus Christ.  It was exciting to see 30+ youth leaders come together to share ideas and network for God’s glory. Here are a few photos of our gathering.