Duffy Robbins

Children & Youth

“Ron Belsterling has been a respected voice among those of us who train college students for youth ministry for years. In this book he offers readers a gift of scholarship, passion, thoughtfulness, creativity, and encouragement . . . If you do youth ministry, if you care about youth ministry, you need to read this book!”

Awakening Youth Discipleship

Children & Youth

“For those of us in youth ministry, this book offers a mirror of sorts. And, as with any good mirror, it offers us an opportunity for reflection. To be honest, if you read it carefully and with an open mind, you will probably be forced to see some facets of the current youth ministry identity that aren't very flattering. They write honestly, thoughtfully and without condescension, but in these straightforward essays I heard the sounds of some sacred cows being butchered, the tough questions of a thorough Cross-examination (yeah, that Cross), and what I believe were the sounds of my chair as I squirmed a bit. The writer of Proverbs reminds us that 'Faithful are the wounds of a friend.' These folks have been around youth ministry for a long time. Dave White was one of my volunteer leaders in a church I served almost thirty years ago. Michael Warren wrote the first serious (read: academic, well-researched, without the word 'ideas' in the title) book I ever read. They deserve to be heard, and they need to be taken seriously.”

Family-Based Youth Ministry

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Mark DeVries has given us a very clear and readable rationale for rooting our youth ministry within the family structure. This will be one of those books that youth workers find they must read.”

Reciprocal Church

Children & Youth

“In a way that blends practical ministry smarts with rigorous academic research, Sharon Galgay Ketcham has given us a fresh way of thinking about youth ministry, teenagers, and the local church. It's delightfully creative, theologically thoughtful, and written with a clarity and hopefulness that invites further conversation and practical steps forward. This is what you get when you read a book written by a serious scholar who's also a passionate youth worker, a seasoned teacher and mentor, an experienced mom, and a lover of Christ and his church. I'm looking forward to introducing my students and youth ministry friends to Reciprocal Church!”

Shaping the Spiritual Life of Students

Children & Youth

“Rick Dunn's steady, measured hand in this book allows readers to draw from his many years of youth ministry experiences--as both a practitioner and a teacher. Youth workers and parents of teenagers alike will find his practical insights encouraging and challenging. I especially appreciated the 'Reflecting on Your Journey' exercises at the end of each chapter. A valuable resource for all who love kids and those who want to see more love Jesus.”

Teenagers Matter

Church Leadership & Ministry

“This book gives youth leaders well-conceived, user-friendly counsel for moving beyond ministry that is ‘good enough.’ I’m always on the lookout for books that combines biblical faithfulness and theological reflection with in-the-trenches relevance, and Teenagers Matter is just such a book. It’s thorough, thoughtful, challenging, and practical.”

The Youth Worker's Guide to Helping Teenagers in Crisis

Children & Youth

“What we hear in these pages are the voices of two tested and trusted youth workers who know what it’s like to be in the trenches of real life ministry and to come alongside hurting kids (One wonders sometimes if there are any other kinds of kids; sometimes they all seem to be hurting!). The landscape of their combined youth ministry experience is a vast expanse of all kinds of terrain: local church parish ministry, parachurch ministry, ministry with institutionalized kids, counseling ministry - all the peaks and valleys of everyday youth work, deep canyons, steep cliffs, dark caves, scary places. And yet they remind us that all of these trails can lead us to a place of ‘dangerous opportunity’.” “What makes this book so valuable to youth workers is that these two guides lead us, with steady hands, capable minds and compassionate hearts to explore these places, to meet kids in these places, and to help bring them back to a place of sanctuary. There’s enough meat to be effective and enough step-by-step advice (“action plans” throughout) to be practical. This book will be a user-friendly guide for youth workers, counselors, parents, pastors and teachers who have a desire ‘to seek and to save the lost’.”