#25 Mark Edwards // The Greg Stier Youth Ministry Podcast

In this episode, Greg is joined by Mark Edwards, Founder of Sonlife Latin America. They discuss the next of our 7 Values of a Gospel Advancing Ministry, "A Disciple Multiplication Strategy Guides It". They are joined later by Ramon Ibanez, a Gospel Advancing Leader serving in Puerto Rico.

 

About The Greg Stier Youth Ministry Podcast:

Being a youth pastor can be a massive challenge on top of everything a youth leader must do today to help their youth ministry. Greg Stier has over thirty years of youth ministry experience and is here to help you with your youth group.

The Greg Stier Youth Ministry Podcast is all about helping youth leaders by using biblical analysis, stories from his own life, profiling leaders in youth ministry, and bringing in other experts in the Christian world. This is the perfect resource to learn how to be a youth leader with new episodes dropped on the last Tuesday of every month.

 

About Greg:

Greg Stier is a champion for unleashing this generation with the Gospel. As the founder of Dare 2 Share Ministries, he is driven to help the Church activate Christian teenagers to reach their friends. In the last 30 years, Greg has trained millions of youth leaders and students on how to relationally engage their world with the Good News of Jesus. A much sought-after speaker, Greg is a former pastor, church planter, youth leader, as well as author of numerous books.

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About Dare 2 Share:

Teenagers desperately need the hope of Christ and their peers are the best possible messengers of that hope. Imagine what could happen in our communities if every teen, everywhere, heard the Gospel from a friend. That’s why Dare 2 Share comes alongside the Church to help equip teens to share their faith and youth leaders to build youth ministries that advance the Gospel.

For nearly 30 years, Dare 2 Share has been a leader in evangelism training resources and events, helping youth leaders overcome the challenges of building a thriving youth ministry that advances the Gospel and consistently reaches teenagers with the message of Jesus Christ.

 

About Mark Edwards:

Mark is the founder of Sonlife Latin America. As a teen, Mark felt unequipped and intimidated when it came to defending the Gospel. Upon graduation from high school, he headed off to Bible school to learn more about Jesus and how to share Him with others. He has undergrad degrees from: Grace Bible College, Moody Bible Institute, and Trinity University. He also has a graduate degree from Moody. He spent his early years of ministry working for Sonlife Ministries in Chicago at Moody Bible Institute, providing leadership training in the life of Christ for youth workers across the USA and Canada. In 1990, he launched SEMP (Students Evangelism to Missions Project) with a few youth pastor friends in Chicago. Mark now lives in Costa Rica with his wife, Karen, and works for Sonlife Latin America.