Introduction to Youth Ministry
Author: John Dettoni
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780310577409
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Starting Right
Author: Kenda Creasy Dean
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2010-05-11
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 031085508X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Starting Right: Thinking Theologically About Youth Ministry is the first academic textbook that introduces youth ministry students (whether undergraduate or graduate level) to a marriage of solid research, real life, and accessible design. Whereas most college-level texts may reflect a thorough (though impenetrable) mastery of the field, they tend to expect readers to plow through unnecessarily thick prose and bland design because “it’s good for them.” Youth Specialties doesn’t agree. In this debut title to a continuing academic book line, college and seminary students will be introduced to real-life research, real-life youth ministry dilemmas, and real-life solutions.Contributing writers represent a spectrum of Christian Education thought and practice, as well as widespread recognition in their field...transdenominational, yet the perfect background to ministry in any denomination or ministry organizationThis text includes thorough indexes, design, and graphics that compel readers from page to page (now that’s a first for a college text!); organization that permits professors to use any part of the text, in any order, rather than plod through the entire book from beginning to end; a perfect primary text that gives students a rich, academic, and readable (though not “popular”) grasp of every aspect of youth ministry a typical Intro course touches, while also serving as an ideal secondary text.
This Way to Youth Ministry
Author: Duffy Robbins
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2009-08-30
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 0310835607
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A FIELD GUIDE TO THE WILD LIFE OF YOUTH MINISTRY Youth Ministry. It’s quite an idea so much bigger than two words. One part odyssey, one part call, one part mission, and one part quest, youth ministry calls us into places of breathless exhilaration, stunning beauty, genuine peril, and unknown discovery. This is not terrain for the faint of heart. But it is a landscape of grace and wonder. This Way to Youth Ministry is the most complete academic text for those who might be called to such a journey. Thirty-year youth ministry veteran Duffy Robbins explores the theology, theory, and practice of youth ministry and helps you discover how to: Identify your calling to ministry Cultivate the traits and training that make a good youth pastor Set boundaries and maintain priorities Understand the spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical development on adolescents Navigate youth culture and postmodernism Understand youth ministry in relation to the rest of the Church Develop a team of volunteers who will walk the journey with you Develop and apply a personalized ministry philosophy With just the right mix of theory and application, this extensive academic text shows you both the big picture and the close-up details of making ministry work. Whether your journey is just beginning or well under way, This Way to Youth Ministry is the book that will help with everything that lies ahead.
An Introduction to Youth Ministry
Author: Wesley Black
Publisher: B & H Academic
Published: 1998-09-01
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780805418699
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →My hope is for all those youth ministers, present and future, who read this book to catch a vision of inclusive youth ministry that is with youth, parents of youth, all volunteer leaders with youth, and other church staff members. Further, that such a youth ministry, biblically grounded and resident in the family of God called church, will be able to carry out Christ's command to 'make disciples of all the nations.
Youth Ministry that Works
Author: Duffy Robbins
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780896939189
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Author: Duffy Robbins
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780310525714
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Helps the busy youth worker organize and understand his or her ministry between meetings: preparation, prayer, personal commitment, building relationships with parents, goal-setting and time-management, evaluating, budgeting, recruiting, and training volunteers.
Postmodern Youth Ministry
Author: Tony Jones
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 031023817X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The rules have changed. Everything you believe is suspect. The world is up for grabs. Welcome to the emerging postmodern culture. A "free zone" of rapid change that places high value on community, authenticity, and even God--but has little interest in modern, Western-tinged Christianity. Postmodern Youth Ministry addresses these enormous philosophical shifts and shows how they're affecting teenagers.
Unpacking Scripture in Youth Ministry
Author: Andrew Root
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2013-01-01
Total Pages: 107
ISBN-13: 0310586704
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Unpacking Scripture in Youth Ministry focuses on how to teach and present the Bible in the lives of teenagers. Andrew Root argues that teens are constant interpreters – always asking the questions, who am I? and what do others think of me? – and so youth ministers must teach them to interpret the actions of God as revealed in the Bible. This view is different than teaching biblical knowledge – memory verses and Bible facts – and it’s different than teaching them to interpret the Bible themselves. Rather, they are to view the Bible as a tool for interpreting God’s actions and then respond with their own actions.
Building a Youth Ministry that Builds Disciples
Author: Duffy Robbins
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2012-01-24
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 031089073X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →While most youth pastors are being regularly evaluated (or even scrutinized) for what they’re doing right now in the youth group, the reality is that the most important thing they are doing won’t actually be evident until much later. That’s because the biggest challenge for any youth ministry is helping teens embrace a whole-hearted devotion to God that lasts far beyond their years in the youth room. Unfortunately, much of youth ministry seems to be designed on the model of setting teenagers up for a “date” with God—a delightful evening that involves music, laughter, food, and light conversation. But what scripture calls us to is not a “one-night stand” with God, but a lifelong love of God that endures.Youth ministry educator and veteran, Duffy Robbins, offers youth workers a blueprint for building that kind of faith in teenagers. In this concise book, ideal for busy youth workers, they’ll be equipped to build a youth ministry that instills that lasting faith in its students.
Made, Known, Loved
Author: Ross Murray
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2021-04-20
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1506468004
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Through the debates about the inclusion of LGBTQ people in the life of the church, one overlooked community is LGBTQ youth. Made, Known, Loved: Developing LGBTQ-Inclusive Youth Ministry builds on experience and wisdom cultivated through The Naming Project, a ministry created at the intersection of youth, faith, and LGBTQ identity.Formed at a time when the overlap of such categories was unthinkable, The Naming Project provides a place where youth of all sexual orientations can be safe and affirmed in their identity and faith. Because of that foundational work, other pastors and youth ministers often reach out to leaders of The Naming Project with their questions about LBGTQ-inclusive youth ministry. Made, Known, Loved provides the guidance these leaders have been asking for.The book first helps congregation leaders and parents examine the values of the congregation and youth group. It focuses on keeping young people, including LGBTQ youth, safe and helping them feel respected and see themselves as beloved children of God. The book also provides a how-to manual for LGBTQ-inclusive youth ministry, sharing the best procedures and practices from the fifteen-plus years of The Naming Project's ministry, including its ongoing summer camp.Made, Known, Loved shows congregations how to create a program that affirms LGBTQ youth in their faith and their identity, accepts and welcomes diverse sexual orientations and gender identities, and equips future leaders for the church and the LGBTQ community.
