One day while serving as a full-time youth pastor I decided to survey my youth group to find out how many of them read their Bibles outside of church. I was curious to know if our teens were reading the Bible during the week and if they were, how often did they read it? Our [...]

Reaching One Out of One Hundred By Ken Turner   In March of 2009 God brought Daniel Ferguson into my life. Although we only knew each other for about 10 days, God did a miraculous work in his life and mine. I wanted to share his story with you again. There are countless troubled youth [...]

Ministry Highlights of 2010 Man Up Bible Study: A weekly Bible study focused on teaching Biblical principles of manhood to troubled and fatherless youth. Mentoring Troubled Youth: Leading the mentor outreach team in Indianapolis and assisting in recruiting, training and managing the mentors as well as mentoring youth through our ministry in the detention center. [...]

Uncommon Leadership Event: A few weeks ago I received a phone call from Darrin Gray with a very “uncommon” request. Darrin is the National Development Director for All Pro Dad, the fatherhood program founded by Tony Dungy. Darrin called to ask me if I could arrange to be in Indianapolis on November 17 to join [...]

Just so we don’t lose touch, here is our new address: I wanted to reach out to all our friends to give you our new contact infomation as we make a move from Indiana to Tennessee. In 2008 I formed a youth ministry organization as an outreach to troubled youth. The ministry has grown and [...]

A New Ministry Home In The Hills of Tennessee A Partnership With Fort Bluff Camp and The National Association of Christian Athletes Are you open? I mean, are you open to God’s plans for your life? Are you yielded to His leadership and are you willing to hear Him and follow even if it means [...]

Chaplain Bag: A Way To Follow Up With Troubled Youth Next week we are holding our 2nd Revival Conference in the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center in Indianapolis. The meetings will be held each evening, Monday through Friday night May 24 through 28. There will be music, personal testimonies, preaching and of course a lot [...]

On Monday night, April 12, during our “Man Up” Bible study 6 teenage boys accepted Jesus Christ as their personal savior! I was asked to bring the Bible study in to a different unit from what was scheduled. This Bible study is something I started about 18 months ago at the Marion County Juvenile Detention [...]

What others are saying regarding our ministry to troubled youth. “I have served side-by-side with Ken Turner and know his heart and his leadership capabilities. He has the unique ability to connect with diverse groups of parents and kids…from struggling  youth at the juvenile correctional facility, all the way to college bound high school football [...]