Meet the DYM Blog Authors
Josh Griffin
@joshuagriffin
DYM Co-founder
Josh Griffin is one of the leading voices in youth ministry with over 20 years of experience in the trenches, most recently as the High School Pastor at Saddleback Church. He’s the co-founder of one of Download Youth Ministry and Coleader, and he hosts a 300+ episode youth ministry podcast with Doug Fields. He’s created more than 50 youth ministry resources and authored several books. Josh and his wife Angela have 4 kids.
Doug Fields
@dougfields
DYM Co-founder
Doug Fields is a 30+ year youth ministry veteran who is the Author of 50+ books, Co-founder of Download Youth Ministry and Coleader, Speaker, Pastor and Executive Director of the HomeWord Center for Youth & Family at Azusa Pacific University.
Ronald Long
@ronaldglong
DYM Author
Ronald Long has been a youth pastor for 16 years and loves watching students grow in their faith. He’s made several student ministry resources, written a few books, and loves training and coaching youth pastors to be the healthiest they can be so they can impact students for Jesus for the long haul!
Justin Knowles
@justinknowles3
DYM Author
Justin Knowles has been a pastor for 10+ years and is the Student Ministries Director at Sandals Church in Southern California. He oversees student ministries at Sandals’ 13+ campuses and has an amazing team that serves junior high and high school students. He is passionate about reaching all kinds of students for Jesus, leading teams, and writing about his learnings in ministry on the blog. Justin also hosts the Youth Ministry Hacks Podcast on the DYM Podcast Network.
Josh Boldman
@joshboldman
DYM Author
Josh has been a youth pastor for over 20 years, and he’s finally trying to put into practice all the things he learned when he read “Your First Two Years in Youth Ministry” back in 2002. In the meantime, he’s been making games, lessons, countdowns, and social media content for DYM because that’s the kind of stuff he wishes he had back when he was first getting started.