Youth Ministry in This Season of Disruption

About this book

Choose your word for these times were in: unprecedented weird challenging exhausting. Each of them is true of course. And youth workers everywhere are struggling to figure things out wrestling with calling and expectations experimenting and learning and holding onto hope.This book dives headfirst into that space with you bringing the voices (and thinking) of 28 unique youth ministry practitionersconsider them as your own little band of partners.Broken into five sections Youth Ministry in This Season of Disruption begins with two critical remindersa historical encouragement from Sean McDowell and a theological encouragement from Andrew Root. Section three pauses asking us all to consider five critical issues as we pivot and adapt.Section four includes entries from seven in-the-trenches youth workers willing to share how theyve misstepped in this season and what theyve learned from that (ideally helping you sidestep those same mistakes). And finally the dozen chapters of section five include a host of innovative and experimental wins from youth workers just like you.This book doesnt have all the answers. But its a snapshot from the brilliant and resourceful tribe of youth workers that youre a part of. Between the lines we hope youll get a sense of Gods Spirit whispering: Dont give up; you can do it!