Youth Ministry

Youth are the future and the present of our churches. The CLB seeks to unleash our youth to be leaders in our churches and denomination. We stay in touch with youth workers throughout the Church of the Lutheran Brethren, supporting, encouraging and resourcing our youth leaders and pastors.

ELEVATE Youth Convention

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND PRAYERS! Enjoy the highlight video below.
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Rev. Mark Johannesen

CLB Youth Ministries Communications

My primary calling is to serve as associate pastor at True Life Church in Rochester, MN. I am no expert, but I love teens and hope to pass on my years of experience to the youth workers of the CLB. In addition I serve the CLBA as the Youth Ministries Communications point person.
I stay in touch with youth workers throughout the Church of the Lutheran Brethren, and do my best to share information that I gain from those conversations results here at CLBA.org and our Youth Workers Facebook Group.
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Resources

ORANGE Conference '24

A conference for your entire family ministry team.
  • The cost of the conference is covered for the first 14 people to sign up!
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Youth Ministry Mentors

Veteran youth workers are ready to come alongside your youth leader and/or congregation to strengthen your ministry.
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Churches Helping Churches

Would you benefit from the help of a team or want to send a team to serve another church?
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Ph: (507) 665-6393
Email: CLICK HERE

Employment Opportunities

Youth Ministry related employment opportunities.
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2024 Elevate - Youth Convention

Find out all about the next Elevate Youth Convention and register to attend.
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Jonathan McKee - Videos

Watch the video of our Youth Ministry Training Sessions from the 2022 CLB Convention.
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Youth Ministry Blog

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Sean McDowell Presenting at 2024 Convention
January 26th, 2024
The CLB Biennial Convention is excited to have Dr. Sean McDowell with us on Saturday, June 8 during our Day of Equipping.Date: June 8, 2024 (Saturday)Track: Youth Ministry (for youth leaders, parents, and church leaders)What: Four 60-minute presentations on the following topics:The case for marriageThe worldview behind transgenderismEngaging the LGBTQ conversationUnderstanding and Reaching Generat...
Low and High Hanging Fruit in Youth Ministry
September 5th, 2023
We all want the students that we work with to come to know Jesus in a mature way. Yet, to our dismay, there are times when some of the students that we work with, seem to lack faith, or lack knowing Jesus in a way that would be marked by what some would call, “spiritual growth”. And, as this lack of growth seems to be occurring, we can become dismayed and even feel like we’ve failed them.As I cons...
Viksnes Called to Lead Rooted
July 14th, 2023
The Church of the Lutheran Brethren is a Disciple-Making Church (DMC). A key focus of this mission advancement initiative is the vision to unleash new leaders—to call, empower, and support young men and women to lead in making disciples and forming disciple-making communities. A healthy living organism is always expectant of and sacrificial for the generation to follow. The Church, our congregatio...
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