Greg Stier

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• Dec 7, 2013

  7 'Secret Weapons' When It Comes to Sharing the Gospel

  This short video is part of a podcast series we did at Dare 2 Share called "Live THE Cause." Put simply living THE Cause is taking the mission of Jesus to "go and make disciples of all nations" in Matthew 28:19 personally and seriously. The goal of this series is to help you and your teenagers share the gospel with impact so that disciples can be made and multiplied.

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  Nov 29, 2013

  5 Hints for Using Humor When Speaking to Teenagers

  Humor is a great tool to use when communicating God's Word to teeenagers (or anyone for that matter.) It breaks down barriers, captures attention and gets the audience's adrenalin kicked into high gear. As a result, teenagers are more ready to receive what you are seeking to teach them from God's Word.

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  Nov 23, 2013

  How to Give an Effective Invitation (Without Crash Landing)

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  Nov 1, 2013

  How to Deal With a Sr. Pastor Who Is Not Supportive of a Gospel-Advancing Vision for Youth Ministry

  Over the last 25 years or so of ministry I've had the privilege of being a youth leader, church planter and preaching pastor. So I've been in the shoes of a youth leader working under a pastor and a pastor having a youth leader work under me. In other words I attack this challenge with a history on both sides of the ministry fence.

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  Oct 24, 2013

  Are You Just a 'Sunday Morning Worshipper'?

  What do you think of when you hear the word "worship"? K-Love? Your church's Sunday morning praise team? Classic hymns? What may surprise you is that evangelism is a form or worship as well. Worship directed upwardly is praise (proclaiming to God how holy, just and loving he is.) Worship directed outwardly is evangelism (proclaiming to unbelievers how holy, just and loving God is.)

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  Oct 17, 2013

  A Brilliant Idea for Neighborhood Outreach (From a Youth Leader of Course!)

  Brent Lacy, a blogger, author and Lead THE Cause University alumni youth leader, shared with me a strategy he is piloting with his teenagers to reach their community for Christ…9 blocks at a time. What I love about this plan is that it's not a "hit and run" service project.

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  Oct 8, 2013

  10 Things I Do to Stay Spiritually Strong, Somewhat Sane, Happily Married and Kind of Fit While on the Road

  Right now I'm right in the middle of a 16 city Dare 2 Share youth leader training tour. But I'm taking a short break to go and do some training at Youth Specialties. In between (and on the road) I'm writing, fundraising and creating stuff, stuff and more stuff that helps energize a generation to evangelize their world. Did I mention I'm a husband to one very patient wife and a father to two very high strung children? Here are ten things I do to stay spiritually strong, somewhat sane, happily ma

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  Oct 2, 2013

  Evange-Cipleship

  Evangelism + Discipleship = Evange-cipleship. Okay, the word is kind of corny but it communicates my point. And what is that exactly? Simply this: When teenagers are equipped and unleashed to share their faith it is the ultimate discipleship accelerator.

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  Sep 24, 2013

  Pole Vault God's Kingdom and Your Youth Ministry

  This Wednesday "See You at the Pole" will kick off the school year for two million Christian teenagers from across the United States. See You at the Pole was inspired by the initiative of one youth leader in one youth group in Burleson, Texas, early in 1990. Since then it has exploded into a prayer movement, not just across the nation, but in twenty other nations across the globe!

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  Sep 21, 2013

  How to Turbocharge Your Youth Ministry

  Now that I have four "Maximum Velocity" youth leader training events under my belt I can say with full conviction that you should be there! We have 12 more cities to go before we hit the finish line. The remaining cities are…