Organic student ministry
Subtitle: trash the pre-packaged programs and transform your youth group
By: by Stephen Ingram
Edition: First [edition].
Publisher: Chalice Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: St. Louis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9780827227583
Subjects: Church work with teenagers; Church work with youth
Description: Do you find other youth ministry programs promise you can "plug and play," only to fall short of expectation, forcing you to "adopt and drop"? An organic student ministry allows each student ministry to exist and live in its best possible way, its natural way! In his book Organic Student Ministry, acclaimed youth ministry author Stephen Ingram shows you how to: Develop practices instead of just programs ; Minister to students where they are instead of spending your time pleading with them to "get with the program" ; Focus on a way of doing ministry that grows naturally from the distinctively rich and fertile soil of your unique church.
Table of contents: title: Not planting palm trees in antartica; title: Grafting in: starting well in student ministry; title: Distinguishing the wildflowers from the weeds; title: Learning to converse with the natives; title: Miracle grow is not so miraculous; title: Ministering to students in their life cycles; title: Cage free mission; title: Constantine's christmas; title: Ebb and flow; title: Changing the direction of a river; title: Organic relationships; title: Eliminating preservatives; title: Self-care in student ministry.