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In this best selling book (it was also CBA’s Gold Medallion Leadership Book of the Year), Doug reveals the essentials for a healthy, Purpose-Driven Youth Ministry. If you are passionate about building a ministry that fulfills the five scriptural purposes of evangelism, discipleship, fellowship, ministry and worship, you will discover a proven team approach that reduces burnout and incorporates the strengths of the church as a whole. Being Purpose Driven is a flexible and exhaustive approach to building a healthy, self-sustaining youth ministry based on nine components: Power of God, Purpose, Potential Audience, Programs, Process, Planned Values, Participating Leaders, Parents and Perseverance. If you want to build a healthy youth ministry, this is a book your entire leadership team should read.

Controlled Chaos is a diary of wisdom straight from the heart of a 14-year veteran of Junior High ministry (and the JH pastor at Saddleback Church). In his book, Kurt Johnston not only shares the wisdom he has learned, but the “why” and “how” that make it true and effective. The design of this book moves away from the come-let-me-tell-you-how-smart-I-am approach to the let’s-evaluate-your-ministry-together mentoring style. At the end of each chapter, Kurt has put a few questions for youth workers to chew on that will help them evaluate their own ministries in light of what they have just read. Because of Kurt’s humble mentoring approach and his keen wisdom, this book is a great find for junior high youth workers - paid and volunteer, veteran and newbie.

This long-awaited resource distills the powerful purpose-driven message into an effective training curriculum for your youth ministry leadership team. Covering topics like evangelism, worship, fellowship, discipleship, and ministry, the purpose-driven youth ministry strategy uses the New Testament purposes of the church to communicate practical vision and goals to everyone involved in your youth ministry team. The five sessions for youth leaders and one session for the youth ministry professionals include these key concepts: · Tap into the power of God · Chart the course of your ministry · Identify your target audience · Develop purpose-driven programs · Build a healthy leadership team. The Purpose-Driven Youth Ministry Training Kit includes: · 1 60-minute segmented video featuring Doug Fields · 1 Participant's Guide to help your volunteers understand the need for goals and direction in youth ministry · 1 Leader's Guide with complete instructions for the youth ministry professional.

If you're trying to build a purpose-driven youth ministry, your students should be purpose-driven with their lives. Living on Purpose helps your students get there, enabling them to radically increase the momentum for your youth ministry. Living on Purpose Production Pack includes 5 study booklets that will guide your students toward a better understanding and implementation of the 5 biblical purposes for their life. · Evangelism · Fellowship · Discipleship · Ministry · Worship. Help your students live their lives with direction and purpose by challenging them to complete these 5 booklets. Students can start with any booklet and work their way through it on their own, or complete them one at a time and discuss within the context of small groups. The production pack comes with a CD Rom with all the goods, so you can make as many copies as you want for your own youth ministry.

Every month Doug Fields conducts an interview with one of the outstanding leaders in the field of youth ministry. During the interview, Doug asks questions and gets ideas, advice, and coaching about a particular area of life, ministry, and/or family. In addition to each interview, Doug will add a little bit from the perspective of an "in the trenches" youth worker. Your one-year subscription comes in CD-ROM format and the freedom to make multiple copies for the volunteer youth workers in your church.

The bite-size serving of Scripture will increase your students' appetite for God's Word. This devotional moves you through the entire Bible-from Creation through the return of Jesus-in just one year. Each 1 minute reading includes an application of the Scripture through a devotional, a commentary, a theological word defined in simple terms, a personality profile, or a unique, weird, or humorous fact. All of which will help your students discover and fall in love with God's love letter. (A one-year curriculum is also available to accompany this product.)

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In his book, Josh Warren reveals how today’s teens can deepen relationships, develop communication skills, grow as Christians and effectively share their faith - all through the power of a question. The 500 discussion-starting questions are for teens and youth leaders alike, or even those who just wish to go a little deeper with each other. This is the first book by Rick Warren's son.

Hands-down the most comprehensive companion to not only surviving, but also thriving, during the most crucial phase of youth ministry. Doug disarmingly relates stories and principles from his own successes and failures over 20-plus years in youth ministry. In the end, he offers treasure troves of practical advice, all in the hope that new youth workers (both paid and volunteer) can travel a smoother path and achieve real longevity in a church culture that all too often chews them and spits them out.