Urban Youth

Below you’ll find articles from the topic Urban Youth. All of the articles on YouthWorker.com represent some of the best youth ministry content, written by experienced pastors. We pray you’ll find these to be a helpful resource in your ministry.

Earned Success and Urban Youth

Rodolpho “Rudy” Carrasco

(February 2011)

I've been reflecting on the role of earned success in urban youth development. Regarding earned success, Arthur Brooks of the American Enterprise Institute says, "Earned success is the elixir of joy in people's lives. You find that it doesn't matter that you earn eight times as much money as me--if we...
Staying Faithful Against the Odds

Rudy Carrasco

(April 2009)

Urban youth workers must have faith. “The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it,” Paul wrote in 1 Thess. 5:24. God loves our young people more than we do. I extend this word of encouragement to you, as well as to myself. I’ve invested a lot in a young man named Jose, who currently is sliding...
Discipleship Is a Lifetime Job

Rodolpho Carrasco

(March 2009)

When is a youth worker finished discipling a young person? I recently debated this question with peers at an urban ministry conference. Many said discipleship efforts could stop when a young person reached age 25, allowing time for the young person to finish college and help them get started on adult...
Life Goals & Road Maps: Starting Points for Urban Ministry

Rudy Carrasco

(October 2008)

In my first column for YouthWorker Journal, I want to talk about some of the basic goals we seek with the men and women we serve in the urban context. This takes me to my son Samuel.
A New Movement

(September 2008)

I wrote my first article for YouthWorker Journal in the fall of 1999. It was about an outreach youth ministry I had developed in Ginghamsburg Church in Tipp City, Ohio. I soon moved back to my hometown of Minneapolis, Minn., to become the youth pastor at Park Avenue United Methodist Church. It was while...
The Urban Take: All in the Youth Ministry Family

Efrem Smith

(March 2008)

“I believe the most important staff position within the urban church after senior pastor is the youth ministry leader.”
Urban and Second Class Youth Ministry?

Efrem Smith

(January 2008)

Every other month, as I write this column, I think about who might read it. Do urban youth ministry workers see it? Do youth ministers in the suburbs or in rural areas skip by the column, seeking articles they think speak more to their context of ministry? I don’t wrestle with these questions because...
Barbershop Theology

Efrem Smith

(July 2007)

In urban and African-American communities, the barbershop can be a sanctuary of sorts, especially for young men. I recently went to the barbershop myself for a haircut—just a normal one, not a “doo”—and I had the chance to talk a little barbershop theology.
Hip-Hop Sundays in Youth Ministry

Efrem Smith

(May 2007)

Sunday morning worship in the urban church: How far is too far? How can we present the gospel in a modern, relevant way that doesn’t water down—or drown out—the timeless message of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior? There should be no debate about whether to include in corporate worship those elements...

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