Thriving Youth Groups

Youth ministry expert Jeanne Mayo grew her youth group from 30 kids to over 1000. Here Mayo shares practical principles for growing ministry through a friendship culture.

Bestselling Christian educator Ginny Holderness refocuses the attention on leadership in the youth ministry to young people themselves. Holderness and coauthor Robert Hay expand on her original team approach to include young people in the leadership team. Successfully implemented in many church programs already, this expanded approach to team-building ensures

One of the big problems in youth ministry is the constant turnover of youth ministers. Mark DeVries addresses the problem with a systematic answer: churches need to take corporate responsibility for establishing a vision and structure for effective ministry, rather than leaving it all up to the youth minister. Especially

Join the conversation as experts propose, defend, and explore Four Views of Youth Ministry and the Church.In a dialog that often gets downright feisty, four youth ministry academicians delineate their distinct philosophical and ecclesiological views regarding how youth ministry relates to the church at large--and leave a taste of what’s

There are many philosophies and strategies that drive today's youth ministry. To most people, they are variations on a single goal: to make faithful disciples of young people. However, digging deeper into various programs, books, and concepts reveals substantive differences among approaches. Bestselling author Chap Clark is one of the

As a youth leader, do you really know what you are getting yourself into? Do you understand that the ministry you have signed up for is often a thankless job? Are you aware that as you literally pour out your heart and life for teenagers in your youth ministry, some

DescriptionThis book follows on from when the story of my childhood, told in 'Child of the Thirties, ' ended. I begin this memoir in the summer holidays after I left school in 1945; free time in those days is very different from free time today! My mother was still in

All of us yearn to be creative, but few of us feel we truly are. In this fun-to-read, energy-packed guide to stimulating our ingenuity, Hendricks proposes a nine-step process for unleashing an exciting spark of creativity and innovation in our lives, including creative approaches to problem solving such as mind-mapping,

Books about What Works and What Doesn't in Youth Ministry

Youth ministry can be tough. Life in Student Ministry can help. Packed full of practical 'how to' advice on everything from starting a youth group, to recruiting volunteers, setting boundaries, and reducing stress, this book is a unique collection of many voices and viewpoints all speaking to encourage, challenge, and