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Vision Statement for YM Leadership – Context: Youth-Oriented Congregational Ethos

Last Updated June 16, 2009 by Matt Leave a Comment

Upon reflecting theologically about the nature of youth ministry it becomes clear that the existence of youth ministry as it is popularly practiced in western Christianity is a sociological, rather than theological, phenomenon. Societal structures have divided populations according to age-based categories, especially in the public education system, thus normalizing such divisions. Youth ministry bought […]

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Vision Statement for YM Leadership – Foundation: Theological Practice

Last Updated June 15, 2009 by Matt Leave a Comment

This three-part series is part of a paper I had to write for a class in 2008. I thought it made good summer blog content. I welcome your thoughts. The grounding principle in my approach to ministry with adolescents begins with the conviction that youth ministry, as with any form of Christian ministry, is fundamentally […]

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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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