Uncommon Youth Ministry: Your Onramp to Launching an Extraordinary Youth Ministry

by Jim Burns

This comprehensive and practical resource about relational youth ministry is designed to help youth leaders build active, healthy youth groups that lead students to commitment to Christ through genuine relationships with their peers and youth workers. Theoretical enough to be used as a youth ministry text, yet practical enough for lay leaders to use effectively.

Includes information on relational ministry, understanding youth culture, developing student leadership, building youth staff, discipling for lasting commitment, stimulating individual faith, effective counseling, promoting a sense of mission and evangelism, creative teaching of God's Word, interrelating with parents and the whole church, fundraising, emphasizing authentic worship and so much more!

320 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2008

About the author

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Jim Burns, Ph.D., President of HomeWord is the host of the HomeWord with Jim Burns daily half-hour, daily one-minute, and weekly half-hour radio programs. His passion is communicating to adults and young people practical truths to help them live out their Christian lives.

Jim is the author of many resources including his latest books The Purity Code: God’s Plan for Sex and Your Body, Teaching Your Children Healthy Sexuality and Accept Nothing Less: God’s Best for Your Body, Mind and Heart. In recent years, he has also written Confident Parenting and Creating an Intimate Marriage which are available in audio CDs, books, and small group curriculum kits; The 10 Building Blocks for a Happy Family; Devotions on the Run; and Parenting Teenagers for Positive Results kit. Since 1985, HomeWord has been assisting parents and churches worldwide through radio, resources, seminars, and the web at www.homeword.com. Jim writes monthly columns for Ignite Your Faith magazine and Simply Youth Ministry newsletter and website.

Reviews

[Nathanael Gilstrap · Rating 5 out of 5]

An extraordinary insight into the foundations of youth ministry. As a student reading this, it has presented some major ideas that I would not have come to recognize for years to come. All told an excellent quality of content that is truly worth reading for the benefit of yourself and your students.

[Skari · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good, no nonsense read. It got straight into the meat of every topic without adding any fluff. I found it more useful than I thought it would be as a youth volunteer and not a full on minister. I skipped over some of the more nuts and bolts sections that I wouldn't be dealing with, but most of it was about dealing directly with teens and not so much the programming, so it was very appropriate for me.