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.
Posts by Kris Fernhout
The Challenges and Joys of Youth Ministry in Your Forties
Maturity
ministry transitions
Partnering with Parents
Grace for My Stoned Teenager
Grace
Holy Spirit
Teaching
What Youth Pastors Would Like to Tell Parents: You are first, I am fifth.
Jesus Doesn’t Want You to Be Nice
Faith
Love
Youth Ministry
The Cure for Teenage “Affluenza”
Preparing Students for Ministry Now
Current Events
Serve
Dear Young Person: I’m Sorry
Forgiveness
How Grace Empowers Our Relationships with Students
Forgiveness
Grace
Ecclesiastes and the Postmodern Teenager: Good News in Death
Death
Ecclesiastes
Resurrection
The Pain and Power of Goal-Setting in Ministry
New to Youth Ministry
John the Baptist and the Upside-Down Kingdom Culture of Youth Ministry
Jesus
Youth Group Culture
Three Essentials to Prevent “Flaming Out” on Our Family and Ministry
Self
Secular Wisdom from the Movies: The Bourne Identity
Culture
Identity
A Youth Ministry Like the Pulse Nightclub
Gender and Sexuality
Identity
Shame
Youth Group Culture
Civility and the Heart of Apologetics
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
Identity
Reclaiming the Beauty of Adolescence
Self
Youth Group Culture: Avoiding Creating a Church within a Church
Youth Group Culture
What Youth Pastors Would Like to Tell Parents: You are first, I am fifth.
Parenting
Partnering with Parents
Youth Ministry and the Tyranny of the Urgent
Acts