Jul 12, 2012 | Marketing Outdoor Ministry, Mission
Lives are being radically transformed through an outdoor ministry in Romania! My friend Emil Toader launched Alpiniş to equip the youth of Romania with the Gospel through camps, outdoor activities and retreats. I had the privilege of helping get Alpiniş Outdoor...
Jul 10, 2012 | Marketing Outdoor Ministry, Resources
My friends at Youth Dynamics launched a campaign to get more young people outdoors called “The Power of the Outdoors: Change a Life Campaign” (see below). I share this for two reasons: 1) It’s a great cause that many of us in the outdoor ministry...
Jun 14, 2012 | Marketing Outdoor Ministry, Program Management, Volunteers, What is Wilderness Ministry?, Youth Ministry
A CASE FOR THE WILDERNESS TODAY Solitude and adventure has a significant place in any student ministry program that desires to see radical transformation. The more we invest in indigenous youth missions around the world, we become more convinced of this: If we are...
Jun 8, 2012 | Business Lessons from the Wilderness, evaluation, Leadership Development, Leadership Skills, Program Management
What is the quality of your outdoor ministry? It is really easy to start believing your own press. If you have had some success in outdoor ministry you might be tempted to believe that the service you offer is above average, when it probably isn’t. One of the...
May 29, 2012 | Business Lessons from the Wilderness, Leadership Development, Leadership Skills, Solitude, Wilderness Education
In my last post, “Wilderness Education’s Role in Producing Social Innovation,” I highlighted the need young people have today for un-distracted time to think. In this post, we will look at some practical ways that wilderness education encourages and...
