Authors

Jon Schaadt has been in Youth Ministry as a Pastor, Coach, and Consultant for over 25 years. He also serves as a Mental Health Coach, providing support for pastors and church communities. When he isn’t sipping coffee, reading a book,...

Chris Hargrove has been in youth ministry for over ten years and has a huge passion for seeing students grow in their relationship with Christ and connecting with other youth workers. Currently serving as the Arden Campus Student Pastor for...

Chris Carpenter is the Worship Arts Director at Elmbrook Church in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Chris has been in full-time ministry for 18 years, working with children, teens, and now adults. His heart and passion is to lead worship and lead people...

A student ministry veteran of over 15 years, Josh currently serves as the high school and college pastor at Christ Community Church, a large multi-site church located in the Chicago-land area, where he's been on staff for nine years. Josh finds a lot of...

Tyler serves as a student pastor on the Middle School team of Hope Community Church, a large multi - site church based in Raleigh, NC. He has been in student ministry settings, at large and small churches, since 2007. As...

Chad has been speaking biblical truth into students’ lives for years. He believes in the importance of relationships and seeks to get to know people when he is away from the stage. Ultimately, Chad hopes to see students moved into...

Alex is the Student Pastor at Vineyard Cincinnati Church, a large church in suburban Cincinnati. He graduated with a BS in Pastoral Ministry and Theology from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2014 and has been serving in full-time ministry since graduating.He...

Kerry joined YM360 in 2021 as Director of Publishing. Prior to joining the YM360 team, Kerry was a youth ministry veteran with 27+ years of experience serving and leading in churches of various sizes, denominations, and multi-site strategies. After nearly...

Zac Condie is a graduate of Baylor University and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has been the director of Servant Life since 2014, where he works alongside his wife Danielle. Zac and Danielle have two daughters, Selah and Ellis.

Michael Howard II is the youth ministry director at Paradox Church in Warren, MI. His focus on missions has the teens reaching people with the gospel both inside and outside the walls of Paradox. As a local leader, he is...

Robbie Crawford serves on the YM360 staff as Assistant Editor. Before joining our team, he served on various youth ministry staffs in part-time and full-time roles for the last ten years. Robbie graduated from Samford University with a degree in Philosophy and later received an...

Andy Blanks is the Publisher and Co-Founder of YM360 and Iron Hill Press. A former Marine, Andy has spent the last 17 years working in youth ministry, mostly in the field of publishing. During that time, Andy has led the...