Kris Fernhout

Kris currently serves as Director of the Kansas City Fellows and has been a youth ministry practitioner for more than 20 years. In addition to loving Jesus and loving teenagers, he also has a deep appreciation for all things coffee, cycling and Djing. He recently completed his Doctor of Ministry at Fuller Theological Seminary and is a Sticky Faith certified coach. He’s been married to his wife Heather for more than 20 years and has two daughters.

Kris Fernhout

Posts by Kris Fernhout

The Challenges and Joys of Youth Ministry in Your Forties

Grace for My Stoned Teenager

What Youth Pastors Would Like to Tell Parents: You are first, I am fifth.

Jesus Doesn’t Want You to Be Nice

The Cure for Teenage “Affluenza”

Preparing Students for Ministry Now

Dear Young Person: I’m Sorry

How Grace Empowers Our Relationships with Students

Ecclesiastes and the Postmodern Teenager: Good News in Death

The Pain and Power of Goal-Setting in Ministry

John the Baptist and the Upside-Down Kingdom Culture of Youth Ministry

Three Essentials to Prevent “Flaming Out” on Our Family and Ministry

Secular Wisdom from the Movies: The Bourne Identity

A Youth Ministry Like the Pulse Nightclub

Civility and the Heart of Apologetics

God Ruined Me in England, and Sent Me to Kansas City

Lesser Known Books Every Youth Pastor Should Read

The Scripture I Use When I Talk About Identity

Reclaiming the Beauty of Adolescence

Youth Group Culture: Avoiding Creating a Church within a Church

What Youth Pastors Would Like to Tell Parents: You are first, I am fifth.

Youth Ministry and the Tyranny of the Urgent

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