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More Issues in Youth Ministry

Last Updated December 1, 2006 by Matt 1 Comment

Youth Guy Evan wrote this in response to a previous post: I’d be curious to know though, who do you think is to blame for youth ministry’s dependency on youth pastors? Culture? Students? Parents? the Church? Ourselves? All of the above? Difficult to tell… because i think at times all of them are true at […]

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Issues in Youth Ministry

Last Updated November 30, 2006 by Matt 4 Comments

Tim Schmoyer is doing a series on current issues in youth ministry. I wasn’t one of the 21 people asked to weigh-in on the topic (because, well, I don’t know him) but I can still post my own thoughts on my blog. So I will! Some of my emergent/emerging tendencies will be evident in my […]

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I… can’t… talk…

Last Updated November 9, 2006 by Matt Leave a Comment

So, maybe I need to lay off the books for a little while (yeah, right).  Last night at church, during “Cross-Examination” (a nifty title I came up with for a discussion group where we examine cultural phenomena in light of the gospel), I simply could not talk.  Well, it’s not that I couldn’t talk, but […]

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A Must-Read

Last Updated October 24, 2006 by Matt Leave a Comment

I got a nice, large shipment of youth ministry books last week and picked up Mark Yaconelli’s Contemplative Youth Ministry on Friday. I could not put the book down. I read probably 150 or more pages the first day, which I usually don’t do. I’m almost done with it, and it has been really amazing. […]

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The Freedom of Failure

Last Updated October 20, 2006 by Matt Leave a Comment

So, my post a couple of weeks ago may have been a bit on the negative side. I talked about the doom and gloom of youth ministry and how if it didn’t change, it would simply die. If anyone happened to read the post, they probably would have thought I was a pretty stark pessimist. […]

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Arg…

Last Updated October 13, 2006 by Matt Leave a Comment

I’ve not been very happy with myself lately. It seems as if I’ve been having trouble being productive recently. And by productive I simply mean getting done what I have to get done in the time I have alotted for myself to do it. I tell myself, “I need to get [X] finished by [Y] […]

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The Next 50 Years of Youth Ministry: Becoming Theologians

Last Updated October 5, 2006 by Matt 9 Comments

Marko brought my attention to the latest issue of Christianity Today, which celebrates it’s 50th anniversary issue.  Among other things, there is an article on the next 50 years of youth ministry and what it may bring.  The typical people give their input: Kenda Dean, Walt Mueller, Chap Clark, Marko, and others.  But, as Marko […]

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Youth Ministry and Ecclesiology

Last Updated September 27, 2006 by Matt Leave a Comment

A random thought by me: What are the current ecclesiological trends in Africa and Central America?  Do they have such a thing as “youth ministry” as we know it in America?  What happens to their children as they grow into adulthood?  Do they continue to contribute to the Body?  Is their ecclesiology a reflection of their […]

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The Plight of Youth Ministry

Last Updated September 26, 2006 by Matt Leave a Comment

The statistics of students leaving the church soon after “graduating” from youth ministry are well-documented and widespread.  I don’t feel like finding and posting links right now, but they’re out there.  Anyone who has been in youth ministry long enough to see kids graduate and then fall away knows this trend, even if only anecdotally.  As […]

Filed Under: Ecclesiology, Youth Ministry

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Best Youth Ministry Books

These are the books that will completely change the way you think about youth ministry, for the better. Links are to my reviews of each book.

Teen 2.0 by Robert Epstein

A psychologist makes you question every assumption you have about adolescence.

Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry by Andrew Root

Why build relationships? Root’s answer will surprise you.

Best Youth Ministry Books: Youth Ministry 3.0 by Mark Ostreicher

Yesterday I finally read Youth Ministry 3.0 by Mark Ostreicher, and since I’m one of the latecomers to the conversation I won’t summarize the book too much. Marko has linked to tons of reviews on his blog if you are interested in more in-depth summaries. If you are fairly in-tune with a lot of the […]

Best Youth Ministry Books: Postmodern Youth Ministry

Postmodern Youth Ministry by Tony Jones is the book I would recommend to youth ministers if they could just read one youth ministry book. I first read the book in my Foundations and Practices of Youth Ministry class at John Brown University. After the preface to the book there is a page titled, “The Day […]

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