Youth ministry
Subtitle: what's gone wrong and how to get it right
By: David Olshine
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Nashville, TN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9781426757730
Subjects: Church work with youth
Description: Something has gone wrong in youth ministry. Young people are biblically illiterate, bored, and find the church to be irrelevant. Parents are frustrated. Youth leaders are burned out. And high school and college students - if they ever attended - are leaving the church by the droves. This book shines a revealing light on standard youth ministry practices and helps the reader to see what needs to change. The book is full of practical ideas that work in real churches and includes "voices from the trenches" - perspectives from current youth ministry leaders.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Whatever happened to parents?; title: Where have all the leaders gone? (for shepherds' eyes only); title: The rock star youth pastor; title: What are we trying to do?; title: Let me off the ride!; title: Volunteers: more than a bodyguard; title: Students like Katie: beyond ingrown Christianity; title: First opinions and Malachi the Italian prophet; title: Graduates: wipeout after high school; title: Why adults and teens need each other; title: Family matters: more than a youth worker; title: Who cares for my soul?