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The Christian organization, Youth For Christ (YFC), saw more than 7,000 children and teenagers surrender their lives to Jesus Christ this year, which is twice the total amount from last year.

A South Carolina church announced this week that a student pastor was placed on administrative leave after he gave teens stickers that said, “I love hot youth pastors.”

Yesterday we began discussing Jonathan Haidt’s illuminating Atlantic article analyzing the impact of social media on our culture. He notes the degree to which “a democracy depends on widely internalized acceptance of the legitimacy of rules, norms, and institutions” and shows how social media is undermining such acceptance as polarizing and often false content becomes increasingly pervasive and influential.

In an interview with Christian Headlines, Sadi Robertson Huff encourages young Christians to be intentional with how they use social media.

Even as it has become more and more obvious that sexual orientation is not fixed, the idea that it is is an innate, unchangeable component of identity has already served its purpose, shifting the moral norms of society and establishing this new way of thinking about sexuality. So, today, most Americans either believe that sexual orientation is something not chosen or that it is something that should never be questioned.

A well-known youth ministry organization is stepping up to help break the perpetual cycle of youth incarceration.

According to a U.K. charity, youth homelessness has jumped by 40 percent over the last five years.

The Children's Hospital Colorado has declared a "pediatric mental health state of emergency" amid rising youth suicide rates in the state.

Truth matters, ideas have consequences, and bad ideas have victims. This is why we cannot love someone without speaking the truth.

A panel of leaders recently offered some insight on how church leaders can prioritize the safety of their students and families while also maintaining a highly effective ministry during the upcoming fall semester.