ABOUT YMC
lead with CONFIDENCE IN EVERYDAY MINISTRY
Practical training, coaching, and resources designed to equip youth and children’s ministry leaders—especially those serving in small and under-resourced churches.
WHY WE EXIST
EQUIPPING LEADERS
WHO SHAPE FAITH
Youth Ministry Consultants exists to encourage, equip, and develop leaders who are shaping the faith of the next generation.
We believe that ministry to children and students is one of the most important callings in the Church. And we believe leaders deserve accessible, practical support that helps them lead with clarity, confidence, and purpose.
THE REALITY LEADERS ARE FACING
YOU’RE DOING
MEANINGFUL WORK
Ministry leaders are doing deeply meaningful work, yet many leaders are often leading with limited time, limited volunteers, and limited resources—trying to build something that matters without a clear pathway forward.
While many tools out there are built for larger teams and bigger budgets, you’re faithfully building something that matters right where you are—and you deserve support that’s built for your reality.
THE REALITY LEADERS ARE FACING
YOU’RE DOING
MEANINGFUL WORK
Ministry leaders are doing deeply meaningful work, yet many leaders are often leading with limited time, limited volunteers, and limited resources—trying to build something that matters without a clear pathway forward.
While many tools out there are built for larger teams and bigger budgets, you’re faithfully building something that matters right where you are—and you deserve support that’s built for your reality.
HOW WE HELP
PRACTICAL SUPPORT THAT ACTUALLY WORKS
We focus on practical, accessible support that works in your ministry.
Everything we create is designed to:
Meet leaders where they are
Be immediately applicable
Remove barriers to growth
Support long-term, sustainable ministry
We don’t just offer ideas, we provide a pathway. Through free resources, cohorts, coaching, and our certification program, we help leaders take clear, meaningful steps forward.
Our goal is not to help you build a perfect ministry. It’s to help you lead well right where you are.
OUR IMPACT
LEADERS GROWING. MINISTRIES THRIVING.
Across the country, we are seeing leaders grow in clarity and confidence, ministries become more intentional and sustainable, and churches better equipped to disciple children and students.
We are grateful to walk alongside leaders who are faithfully serving in their communities and making a lasting difference.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND YMC
OUR TEAM
Becca Jacobson
Executive Director
Tiger McLuen
President and Founder
Sue Mathis
Director of Training
Aym McGrew
Director of CYMCP
Megan Pederson
Director of SYM | Small Youth Ministry
Nicole Smalley
Small(er) Church Project Manager
EXPLORE THE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
YMC’s Certificate Program offers a customizable experience allowing you to grow as a leader through practical ministry training, sharpen your vision through both spiritual and educational exercises that allow you to live fully into your calling as a ministry leader.
Executive Director
Becca Jacobson
Rebecca Jacobson is a passionate advocate for the next generation and the people who lead them. With almost two decades of experience in youth ministry, Rebecca has served in churches of all sizes, always with a focus on equipping leaders to do transformative, Christ-centered work with young people.
She’s a trusted coach, a gifted communicator, and a steady presence for leaders navigating the joys and challenges of next-gen ministry. Whether she’s developing curriculum, leading a training, or connecting with a leader over coffee, Rebecca’s heart is always the same: to help ministry leaders feel confident, capable, and never alone.
Tiger McLuen
Tiger McLuen has spent his life equipping those who lead the next generation. After 15 years in youth ministry, he led Youth Leadership for nearly 30 years, training leaders through graduate programs and practical workshops with a focus on healthy, sustainable ministry. Now with Youth Ministry Consultants, Tiger coaches leaders, trains volunteers and professionals, and speaks to churches, parents, and students nationwide. He brings wisdom, practical insight, and humor, with a deep commitment to helping every leader feel supported and equipped.
Sue Mathis
Sue has spent over 25 years investing in children, youth, families, and the leaders who serve them, with a passion for developing healthy, sustainable ministry across diverse church contexts.
She serves as Director of Training with Youth Ministry Consultants, creating practical, relational training for ministry leaders, and leads Family Ministry at Campus Church in Norcross, Georgia. Through both local church leadership and national training, Sue offers steady encouragement and practical wisdom, helping leaders feel equipped, supported, and confident.
Aym McGrew
Over 30 years ago, Aym McGrew began a lifelong commitment to investing in young people and their leaders. With an M.A. in Youth Ministry, Aym has served in churches of all sizes and across children’s, youth, and college ministries, as well as alongside nonprofit partners.
A trained Spiritual Director, Aym helps individuals and groups notice and respond to God’s work in everyday life. Today, Aym serves as CYMCP Program Director with Youth Ministry Consultants while also leading ministry at First Presbyterian Church of Stillwater, MN and supporting churches through staffing transitions.
Megan Pederson
Megan has over 15 years of experience in youth ministry, serving in a variety of contexts from church plants to established congregations, in both small and large churches.
She leads Small Youth Ministry, equipping leaders in smaller churches with practical resources, community, and coaching, grounded in the belief that effective ministry is built on faithful, relational investment.
Megan is passionate about training and empowering adults to engage in transformational ministry with students, no matter the size of their church.
Nicole Smalley
Nicole Smalley brings nearly 20 years of youth ministry experience and a deep joy for walking alongside students. From elementary to high school, she creates spaces of belonging and is especially gifted at leading meaningful experiences like camps and retreats where faith comes alive.
She’s a natural initiator who loves turning ideas into reality. Outside of ministry, she’s a wife, mom of two, and foster parent, passionate about creating environments, at home and in ministry, where people feel known, have fun, and grow into who God is calling them to be.