Moving Forward by Looking Back

Moving Forward by Looking BackCraig SteinerZondervan, 2009, 288 pp., $16.99www.zondervan.comMoving Forward develops biblical convictions for guiding youth leaders along the adventure of ministry with teenag...

Sustainable Youth Ministry

Sustainable Youth MinistryMark DevriesIntervarsity Press, 2008, 224pp., $16IVPress.comChurches often approach youth ministry in the manner castaways on "Survivor" take to setting up their shelter the first day ...

Inside the Mind of Youth Workers

Inside the Mind of Youth PastorsMark RiddleZondervan/Youth Specialties, 2009, 192 pp., $16.99, www.youthspecialties.comMinistry is riddled with relationships; perhaps the most important human relationship in ...

Sacred Space

by Dan Kimball and Lilly LewinZondervan, 2008, 176 pp., $29.99, www.zondervan.comThe thesis of Sacred Space is that worship can be transformed from a spectator activity with nominal interaction to a communal ...

Better Safe than Sued

Where do we find the balance point with students between fun-loving friend and responsible adult leader?Jack Crabtree isn’t asking us to play it safe so we don’t get in trouble. He is calling us to ...

Stop Abandoning Your Kids

Most articles, books, seminars, conven­tions and Web sites about youth ministry challenge us to do something. Do better programs, do deeper teaching, do more leadership development. Well, I’d like to ...