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Group’s Ministry Makeover Dvd Set: for Adult, Youth, and Children’s Ministries! Includes Leader Guide. Description: Leading experts in ministry share all-new insights and “how-to’s” you can apply to your own ministry makeover. Group’s Ministry Makeover is for church teachers of children, youth, or adults. Show it in a variety of settings: Leadership & Sunday school teacher training, Ministry team retreats, Pastoral development, or as a part of a sermon illustration. Everyone can be (more…)

Have you tried all the new youth programs? Have you planned one too many wacky activities? Are you frustrated about the size of the youth group? Here’s an approach to ministry that takes youth work seriously.Family-based youth ministry is about adults discipling teens one-on-one and in groups. It is about involving not just the nuclear family but the whole church family–from singles to older adults. More important, it’s about incorporating youth into the life of your church.So sto (more…)

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The sequel to the first bestseller, Purpose-Driven® Youth Ministry, this book addresses twelve valuable steps that will help readers take the first steps as they begin their ministry. An invaluable resource for anyone in youth ministry and ideal for first-timers, veterans, or college students in youth ministry.

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Since forever altering the course of the youth ministry world with his best-selling, groundbreaking book, Purpose-Driven® Youth Ministry, Doug F (more…)

In Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry, Andrew Root explores the origins of a dominant ministry model for evangelicals, showing how American culture has influenced our understanding of the incarnation. Drawing from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, whose work with German youth in troubled times shaped his own understanding of how Jesus intersects our relationships, Root recasts relational ministry as an opportunity not to influence the influencers but to stand with and for those in need. True (more…)

The definitive volume for youth ministry today, detailing nine foundations for purpose driven ministry – from the Youth Pastor of Rick Warren’s acclaimed Saddleback Church.

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From the youth pastor of Saddleback Church–a revolutionary approach to building a self-sustaining youth ministry. What The Purpose-Driven Church has done for pastoral ministry, this book is about to do for youth ministry. Doug Fields, the youth pastor at Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church, (more…)

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“How can I adequately describe the credibility, wisdom and authenticity that Mark DeVries brings to the table in his new book? Sustainable Youth Ministry is the byproduct of his decades of fruitful, Christ-honoring ministry. Like few people I know, Mark has the experience and perspective to deeply impact anyone serious about youth ministry. Even more pivotal, Mark is honestly one of the most authentic and refreshing Christians I have met in a long time. So grab a good cup of (more…)

Over the past several decades there have been three significant shifts in youth culture; each new shift brought with it different values and priorities in the lives of teens. Youth ministries adapted and responded to the first two shifts, but we’re missing the boat on the third. The result? Youth ministry isn’t addressing the realities and needs of today’s youth culture.After nearly three decades in youth ministry, Mark Oestreicher has lived through a lot of those shifts himself. In r (more…)