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My Dream Youth Ministry Communication Application

Last Updated February 18, 2009 by Matt 16 Comments

No, it doesn’t exist yet, but I wish it did. If any super web-savvy people (who also happen to have a ton of money or can get people to invest) could pull this off, they could make a killing off of this idea for an application. It would be especially helpful in youth ministry but […]

Filed Under: Theology, Youth Ministry Tagged With: communication, email, facebook, myspace, text messaging, twitter, web 2.0

“Old People,” Change, and the New Facebook

Last Updated October 3, 2008 by Matt 2 Comments

As someone in youth ministry, I often battle the generational conflict that occurs between young people and “old people.”  You know the comments that teenagers like to say: “How come the old people are so stuck in their ways?” “I wish the old people wouldn’t be so against change.” “Why are they so stuck in […]

Filed Under: Ecclesiology, Youth Ministry Tagged With: change, facebook

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

Teen 2.0 by Robert Epstein

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

Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry by Andrew Root

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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