An opening chapter on general crisis ministry is followed by chapters dealing with specific struggles such as chemical, suicidal, family, sexual, eating disorders, abusive, criminal justice, terminal, and spiritual crises. Rowatt, G. Wade. Today's Youth . This is an excellent resource for youth ministers, pastors, parents, and volunteer leaders who seek to understand youth better. The author presents a profile of modern youth comparing today's adolescents and their world to previous generations of youth.
Chapters focus specifically on younger adolescents, middle adolescents, and older adolescents.
A group study guide is also included. Five Cries of Youth , 2nd Rev. Ed. Noted researcher Merton Strommen gives an updated look at five cries or preoccupations that characterize and sometimes dominate youth. First published in 1970, some readers may wonder how data collected in the 1970s relates to youth in the late 1990s. This book builds on ten and fifteen year trend data that updates the earlier data and often corroborates the earlier findings.