Partnering with Parents in Youth Ministry: The Practical Guide to Today's Family-Based Youth Ministry

by Jim Burns, Mike DeVries

Overview

The most powerful force in a young person's life is his or her family. The importance of this is pointed out in the writing of the Torah in Deuteronomy 6:4-9, where believers are mandated to pass their family legacies to the next generations. The newest trend in youth ministry today is a very healthy move toward family-based ministry, a mind-set that helps the church act as a support system, while placing discipleship and training back into the hands of family. Partnering with Parents in Youth Ministry will help youth workers understand their unique role in helping families succeed and will give an overview strategy of family-based youth ministry, as well as practical ideas on implementing this awesome ministry in your church.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441266019
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/29/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	146
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Jim Burns is president of HomeWord and executive director of the HomeWord Center for Youth and Family at Azusa Pacific University. He is also the host of the national radio broadcast HomeWord with Jim Burns. Jim's passion and purpose for this broadcast is to build God-honoring families through communicating practical truths that will enable adults and young people alike to live out their Christian faith. In addition to the radio program, Jim speaks to thousands around the world each year through seminars and conferences. He is an award-winning author, whose books include Creating an Intimate Marriage, The Purity Code, Confident Parenting, Faith Conversations for Families, and Teenology. He has been featured through numerous media outlets including CNN, ABC, Focus on the Family, and Library Journal. Jim and his wife, Cathy, have three grown daughters and live in Southern California. Visit www.homeword.com for more information.

Mike DeVries serves as youth pastor at Yorba Linda Friends Church in Orange County, California. He has served as a youth worker trainer. Mike, his wife, and son live in Southern California.
Jim Burns is the president of HomeWord. He speaks to thousands of people around the world each year and has more than three million resources in print in twenty languages. He primarily writes and speaks on strong marriages, confident parents, empowered kids, and healthy leaders. Some of his most popular books are Doing Life with Your Adult Children, Creating an Intimate Marriage, Have Serious Fun, Teaching Your Children Healthy Sexuality, How God Makes Babies, God Made Your Body, and Finding Joy in the Empty Nest. Jim and his wife, Cathy, live in Southern California and have three grown daughters, Christy, Rebecca, and Heidi; three sons-in-law, Steve, Andy, and Matt; and four grandchildren, James, Charlotte, Huxley, and Bodhi.