New Location for ASCENT 2024

Every summer, the USMB NextGen community embarks on a transformative journey. Our annual high school summer camp, ASCENT, is a spiritual mountaintop experience for churches from all over the US.  ASCENT has gone through quite a bit of changes over the years including adjusting to a worldwide pandemic and has continued to thrive.  In fact,

Just because it’s late doesn’t mean the fun has to end! Every ASCENT we offer late nite options as one more way to have fun and connect with others. Get excited about these late-nite options: Who needs sleep anyways?   SILENT DISCO Friday | 10pm Everyone gets their own headphones with three channel options.  People

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Exploring the World of Gen Z

Gen Z, also known as Zoomers or igen, are the generation born between 1996 and 2015. Today’s youth pastors and ministers are meeting them in church and interacting with them on social media. But who is this mysterious generation? Let’s explore the world of Gen Z to better understand their values, habits, and influences. A

The State of Youth Ministry 2023

Since the mid 70’s a ministry focused on the teenage years has become pretty much standard for most churches and denominations.  But even throughout a single denomination things can vary when it comes to ministering to teenagers.  USMB NextGen wants to know how are different ministries reaching the next generation, what are they struggling with,