Today in our LIVE YM Talk, Matt McAlack, Director of Youth Ministries at Philadelphia Biblical University, talked with us about the academic side of youth ministry training.

Some of the things we talked about:

• The value of an academic ministry training
• How to find training if you can’t afford Bible college or seminary
• If you really need formal youth ministry training
• How to know what school to go to for training
• The most influential aspects of formal training
• Teens who are deciding between Bible college versus secular college
• And a lot more…

You can listen to the whole conversation below or grab it in iTunes.

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Next week’s discussion

May 1: Next week’s featured guest is Mike Kupferer and he’ll lead us in a discussion about finding the right youth ministry position.

Join our next LIVE Youth Ministry Conversation!

• Podcast: Youth Ministry 3.0
• Podcast: Finding the right youth ministry job
• Podcast: Creating a sustainable youth ministry
• Podcast: The importance of building a youth ministry team
• Podcast: Having and raising children in full time youth ministry