Kids desperately need healthy, committed adults who can help them thrive in their faith and become active participants in the life of the church. This requires the efforts of the whole faith community. Chap Clark, one of the leading voices in youth ministry today, brings together twenty-four experts from a variety of denominations and traditions to offer a c… Read more…
There are many philosophies and strategies that drive today's youth ministry. To most people, they are variations on a single goal: to make faithful disciples of young people. However, digging deeper into various programs, books, and concepts reveals substantive differences among approaches.Bestselling author Chap Clark is one of the leading voices in yo… Read more…
In simpler, more homogenous times, youth ministry was a relatively straightforward activity. The church's youth gathered (occasionally inviting their unchurched friends from school), played together, sang together and listened together to a message from a bright, engaging youth minister, selecting from a relatively defined set of topics: "What does it me… Read more…
We tend to organize our youth ministry from the inside out. We give gathered groups of individual youth tools and teaching to form their souls around a Christian identity. So far, so good. But what if our identity is not merely or even primarily rooted and established somewhere inside ourselves? What if our identity is shaped and cultivated in the relationsh… Read more…
Seguramente no necesitas agregar una nueva tarea a la larga lista de responsabilidades que tienes, pero sabes muy bien también que tu ministerio puede alcanzar un nuevo nivel de eficacia. Chap Clark, uno de los más respetados educadores en ministerio juvenil, ofrece ideas de gran utilidad para ayudarte a diseñar un programa de pastoral familia… Read more…
¿Qué padre cristiano no querría encontrar un recurso para infundirles a sus hijos una fe dinámica, profunda y permanente? Casi la mitad de los jóvenes que se gradúan de secundaria tienen fuertes luchas con su fe. El Instituto Fuller para la Juventud, teniendo en cuenta esta situación, desarrolló el «Proyecto de transición a la Universidad», en un … Read more…
SALVANDO A UNA GENERACIÓN DE UN MUNDO SUPERFICIAL te mostrará una nueva manera de reflexionar en las preguntas que encaras en tu ministerio juvenil cada día y de esa forma podrás encontrar las respuestas que te llevarán a un nivel más profundo. Los reconocidos autores Chap Clark y Kara Powell han desarrollado una importante investigaci&oacu… Read more…
Sticky Faith delivers positive and practical ideas to nurture within your kids a living, loving faith that lasts a lifetime.Research indicates that almost half of high school seniors drift from their faith after graduation.Struck by this staggering statistic, and recognizing its ramifications, the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) conducted the "College Transitio… Read more…
Sticky Faith delivers positive and practical ideas to nurture within your kids a living, loving faith that lasts a lifetime.Research indicates that almost half of high school seniors drift from their faith after graduation.Struck by this staggering statistic, and recognizing its ramifications, the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) conducted the "College Transitio… Read more…
2011 Outreach Resource of the Year2011 Book of the Year Award, Foreword MagazineHurt provided a vivid and insightful view into the world of today's teenagers. Now leading youth ministry expert Chap Clark substantially updates and revises his groundbreaking bestseller (over 55,000 copies sold). Hurt 2.0 features a new chapter on youth at society's mar… Read more…
Why does divorce cause so much strain and long-term distress for children of all ages? Andrew Root, a recognized authority on youth ministry and a child of divorce himself, explains that divorce causes children to question their core identity. Since a child is the product of the union of a mother and father, when that union ends, he or she experiences a baff… Read more…
For more than two centuries, youth ministries have either strengthened teenagers after a special encounter with God or tried to retain them until such a moment when God shows up. Here veteran youth ministry expert Mark Senter provides the first substantial history of the phenomenon of American Protestant youth ministry. More than a history, this book highlig… Read more…