Youth Ministries category: 573 books
by Tony Akers
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
In our media-saturated world, images and messages about appearance, love, and romance bombard teenagers daily. These often unrealistic and unhealthy representations of the normal teen life can be confusing to teenagers as they attempt to follow Christ. Inside Out challenges the values of the world...
Family Worship
Reaching All Who Attend
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2008
Family Worship: Reaching all who attend is a resource on how to effectively reach youth within the church. It is a biblically based analysis that provides spiritual insight and is advantageous for anyone who works with young people. The purpose is to: provoke thought; provide insight into the advantages...
Tough Crowd
My Adventures as a Chastity Educator
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Author Shawna Sparrow has spent the last 16 years teaching teenagers about chastity--saving sex for marriage. In her book, Tough Crowd: My Adventures as a Chastity Educator, she shares her experiences in the classroom as well as her insights into social issues related to sexuality. Covering topics...
Writing to God
Kid's Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Writing to God – Kid’s’ Edition offers guidance to kids that parents can also appreciate: It invites them to speak to God creatively through their pens (or pencils, or crayons). In 35 days, kids are invited to pray to God using their senses, reflecting on their feelings, in light of Bible verses,...
by Ikechukwu Joseph
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Charlie cried when his dying pastor father told others good night but told him goodbye... Children's Salvation Alphabets is book two in Children's Salvation Series, a step by step guide in introducing plan of salvation, salvation prayer to children, teenagers, and young adults, bringing them to Christ...
Formational Children's Ministry (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith)
Shaping Children Using Story, Ritual, and Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Much ministry to children looks more like mere entertainment than authentic spiritual formation. But what if children's ministries were rooted in a mind set whereby we taught children, with our words and actions, how the story of God, the story of church history, the story of the local community,...
by Ken Sande
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2004
Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers." But it often seems like conflict and disagreement are unavoidable. Serious, divisive conflict is everywhere-within families, in the church, and out in the world. And it can seem impossible to overcome its negative force in our lives.
In The Peacemaker, Ken...
Mental Health and the Church
A Ministry Handbook for Including Children and Adults with ADHD, Anxiety, Mood Disorders, and Other Common Mental Health Conditions
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
The church across North America has struggled to minister effectively with children, teens, and adults with common mental health conditions and their families. One reason for the lack of ministry is the absence of a widely accepted model for mental health outreach and inclusion.
In Mental...
by Dr. Robert E. Fugate
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
Education can only be understood from the perspective of worldviews. God’s Mandate for Biblical Education briefly examines the components of worldviews (particularly epistemology), and then presents the Biblical worldview of education.Nine arguments (including the absolute lordship of Jesus Christ...
by Delia Halverson
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2004
Children’s Activities for the Christian Year by Delia Halverson offers Sunday school teachers and leaders of children’s ministries practical information and activities on the cycle of the Christian church calendar. Useful, easy-to-use guidance, resources, and reproducible pages help new and veteran...
Gospel-Centered Kids Ministry
How the gospel will transform your kids, your church, your community, and the world
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
The story of Jesus interacting with the Emmaus disciples after his resurrection provides an outline for what a gospel-centered kids ministry looks like: gospel-centered teaching that points to Jesus in every session, gospel-centered transformation that positions the gospel to change a child's heart...
by Auer, Jim
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2003
Being a teenager can be a lot of fun, but there is the tough stuff that shapes and defines who you are and what you can grow to be. This book addresses a broad range of issues that confront youth today. Some (dating, for example) are perennial; others (such as the potential hazards of the Internet) are...
by Witness Lee
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1989
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1989
In every age and generation God comes to young people for the carrying out of His move. Both the Bible and church history show us that God wants to use young people. God comes to young people because they are less likely to be spoiled and preoccupied with the evil things of this age. In Fellowship with...
by Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
“Too often we whisk our youth through the Sacrament without a clear understanding of what's happening. That's tragic, because a grace misunderstood is easily unappreciated, and a grace unappreciated is easily lost. My Confirmation Book empowers young people to receive the Holy Spirit in a way that's...