Rethinking youth ministry -- The foundations of missional youth ministry -- What is missional youth ministry? -- Building real relationships -- Purposeful planning -- Why you don't need volunteers -- The end of educational ministry -- Worship that connects -- Creating a missional ministry.
Summary:
Missional Youth Ministry offers a new paradigm for youth ministry. Using blog entries and responses, authors Brian Kirk and Jacob Thorne invite readers into a conversational, engaging, and compelling discussion about why program-based, entertainment-focused ministries fail to develop young people into life-long participants in the mission of the church. They also propose a new way forward. For all those working 'in the trenches' of youth ministry who long to offer teens a deeper, more substantial, more active role as members of the body of Christ, Missional Youth Ministry is a practical and theologically-sound guide for building a ministry grounded in prayer, worship, community, education, mission, and spirituality.
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