Moved to Posterous

I will no longer be blogging here.  If you have my blog linked on your website thank you so much. If you choose to keep it linked my new blogging address will be  http://johnwsnyder.posterous.com/  which will take you here.
Thanks so much.  You will also notice I blog way more over there.  It’s just easier.

College Ministry

Lately I’ve been reading up on college ministry.  What it looks like in different churches, why have a college ministry, why is there such a disconnect after high school and many other aspects of this age group.
I have a huge heart for this age group.  For myself this time in my life was challenging and [...]

“Leaders are Learners”

These were 3 of the most important words I learned while working at Saddleback Church.  Uncle Rick, that’s what the younger staff called Pastor Rick, would always say this.  This phrase has stuck with me ever since.  I’m glad I heard him say this over and over again.  The older I get and the more [...]

What do Young Leaders need to hear?

I am trying to come up with as many topics as possible for this.
As a young leader in ministry what do you want to hear more about or learn about?
If you are an older leader in a church or ministry what are some things you wish others would have taught you when you were starting [...]

Catalyst West was stupid…

…in a very, very good way.   I know it was over 3 months ago, but I am still trying to process it all.  I’m sure some of you who went are also.
I was totally rocked by Catalyst West this year.  I heard some amazing speakers, but the one the applied directly to me was [...]

Star Wars

My friend Brook James says this gets him more traffic, mainly nerds like him and myself. (putting Star Wars in the title).  I don’t care about traffic, obviously, since I haven’t blogged in over a month. I just wanted to see if his hypothesis is correct. If so, really funny.
There will be a new and [...]

My iPhone Apps

Here are my iPhone Apps.  The first page will not change, but I will probably mix some of the others up.

Church Online = Church On-Demand

Ready or not, church on-demand is here.
What do I mean by this?  There are more and more churches who are doing church online, which in turn means there are more and more opportunities for people to hear God’s Word.  I believe this is the most important piece of it.  If you are doing Church online, [...]

Online and Offline Community

In what ways are you taking care of your online community the same way you are taking care of your offline community?  Obviously some things can’t crossover to the other, but there are definitely things that do.  What are those that do?

The Church and I

I love the church, absolutely love it.  I could sit down with you and talk ministry all day.  Whether it’s media, youth, small groups or vision.  I will not talk singles ministry with you other than to say do away with it.
Over the last 2 years I have been a chaplain for a private Christian [...]