By Doug Fields
If you long to reach kids and see their lives changed by God, this comprehensive guide shows you how. Purpose-Driven Youth Ministry will do for youth ministry what Rick Warren's Gold Medallion Award-winning The Purpose-Driven Church is doing for pastoral ministry. It's an indispensable guide to creating and maintaining youth ministry for the long run. It will help you create a solid spiritual team that builds the foundations of the Christian faith into the hearts and lives of young people.
Forged around the fundamental purposes of evangelism, discipleship, fellowship, ministry, and worship, Purpose-Driven Youth Ministry uses the experiences of Saddleback Church to illustrate what a healthy youth ministry can be. Nine transferable principles help you
- Connect with the power of God for passionate, committed leadership
- Define the purpose of your ministry and communicate it effectively
- Identify your potential audience
- Create programs that reach your audience and fulfill God's purposes
- Implement processes that move students to maturity
- Enhance your ministry with clearly defined values
- Team up with parents to involve the whole family
- Find volunteers and develop them into participating leaders
- Persevere through tough times and thrive in an ever-changing environment
Purpose-Driven Youth Ministry will help you develop a ministry that equips students rather than a ministry that coordinates events. Doug Fields says, "My goal for this book is to coach you through a plan to build a healthy youth ministry that isn't dependent on one great youth leader and won't be destroyed when the youth worker leaves the church. It's not a book on how to grow your youth ministry with six easy steps; it's about identifying, establishing, and building health into your church's youth ministry."
"This is the book every youth worker should read before doing anything else. Doug Fields provides a refreshingly practical framework for youth ministry that is not only effective, but thoroughly biblical."
--Wayne Rice, Director, Understand Your Teenager Seminars
The Author:
Doug Fields has been in youth ministry since 1979 and has been the Pastor to Students at Saddleback Church in Southern California since 1992. He is the author of over 25 books and is the president of YouthMinistryOnline.com, an internet based company that provides resources for youth workers (www.simplyyouthministry.com). He trains youth workers throughout the world and is a regular speaker for Youth Specialties' events. Doug and his wife, Cathy, have three children.
ISBN 0-310-21253-7
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