{"product_id":"youth-ministry-that-lasts-a-lifetime","title":"Youth Ministry That Lasts a Lifetime","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Youth ministry that doesnt last a lifetime doesnt matter very much.\" The real criteria for evaluating youth ministry is this question: Are we consistently introducing teenagers to Jesus and then discipling them into believers who will  for a lifetime  love God  love people  and make disciples for the glory of God? Everyone who evaluates youth ministry needs to ask a new set of questions. The issue really is not: How is our youth group doing today? Instead  the core question is: How will our youth group be doing for a lifetime? Most youth pastors love King Jesus supremely and do their work tirelessly. But by employing a sixty-year-old model of youth ministry  the great majority of church teenagers are not becoming world-changing disciples as adults. Is the church willing to give up comfortable youth ministry for a radically new model that is likely to lead many more teenagers to lifetime faith?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44950164504629,"sku":"ByrdShop_099883257X","price":316.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780998832579.jpg?v=1770796359","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/youth-ministry-that-lasts-a-lifetime","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}