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Best Youth Ministry Books Series

Last Updated August 20, 2007 by Matt Leave a Comment

In the coming days I am going to begin a new series of posts looking at what I consider some of the best youth ministry books. The list at this point includes:

Postmodern Youth Ministry by Tony Jones

Contemplative Youth Ministry by Mike Yaconelli

The Godbearing Life by Kenda Creasy Dean

The series will include an introduction into why I found the book helpful and then subsequent posts on each chapter in the book. Look for the first post soon.

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Matt Cleaver has written since 2004 on youth ministry, theology, and the church. His blog was ranked by Youth Specialties as a Top 20 Youth Ministry Blog. Click here for Matt's list of the Best Youth Ministry Books.

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