Uncommon youth ministry : your onramp to launching an extraordinary youth ministry /

Burns, Jim, 1953-,

Uncommon youth ministry : your onramp to launching an extraordinary youth ministry / Jim Burns, with Mike DeVries. - Ventura, California : Regal Books, (c)2008. - 313 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Originally published: The youth builder. Ventura, California : Regal, 2001.



The foundation pillars for ministry -- What is relational youth ministry? -- Preparing for relational youth ministry -- Understanding today's youth -- Developing a ministry that lasts -- Adolescent development -- Family-based youth ministry -- The framework blueprints for ministry -- Relational evangelism : reaching a generation in need -- Building community through small groups -- Discipleship : getting kids involved -- Worship : encountering the living God -- Camps and retreats -- Developing student leaders -- Missions and service -- Developing a dynamic volunteer team -- Developing an internship program -- Building support within the staff and church leadership -- Your budget and you -- Programming, the creative spark of ministry -- Principles for strategic programming -- Creative teaching so they'll never forget -- Ideas for creative communication -- Teaching on sex and sexuality -- Personal relationships, the heart of ministry -- Building self-image in students -- Counseling youth : compassionate youth ministry -- Working with disrupted families -- The crisis of substance abuse -- The crisis of suicide -- The crisis of sexual abuse.



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