Christian Education Resources for Teachers of Youth

Branded: Adolescents Converting from Consumer Faith by Katherine Turpin (2006)

Civic Youth Serving Agencies/Scouting Packet, available free from Civic Youth Serving/Scouting Office of United Methodist Men. P.O. Box 340006, Nashville, TN 37203-0006; lcoppock@gcumm.org.

Contemplative Youth Ministry: Practicing the Presence of Jesus by Mark Yaconelli (Youth Specialties, 2006. ISBN 978-0-310-26777-5). A book of principles and spiritual practices for individuals and groups of youth.

Creating an Authentic Youth Ministry by Edward Fashbaugh (Nashville: Discipleship Resources, 2005. ISBN 978-0-88177-406-1). Offers principles for youth ministry that will ensure vitality and stability of a soul-impacting ministry to and with teens.

Devo'Zine. (Upper Room). Devotional publication (by subscription) to help teenagers develop a lifetime pattern of prayer and spiritual reflection.

Faith-Forming Junior High Ministry: Beyond Pizza 101 by Drew A. Dyson (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2003. ISBN 978-0-687-07539-3). A helpful, practical, and theological approach to junior high ministry.

Finding Faith: The Spiritual Quest of the Post-Boomer Generation by Richard Flory and Donald E. Miller (2008 Richard Flory and Donald E. Miller. ISBN 978-0-8135-4273-7.)

Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled -- and More Miserable Than Ever Before by Jean Twenge (New York: Free Press, 2007. ISBN 987-0-7432-7698-6).

The Godbearing Life: The Art of Soul Tendingfor Youth Ministry by Kenda C. Dean and Ron Foster (Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1998. ISBN 978-0-8358-0858-3). A working theology of youth ministry for United Methodist youth leaders.

The Primal Teen: What the New Discoveries About the Teenage Brain Tell Us About Our Kids by Barbara Strauch (New York: Random House, Inc., 2003. ISBN 0-385-50339-3). Fascinating reading for both teachers and parents about the workings of the teenage brain. Easy-to-grasp concepts and ideas.

Safe Sanctuaries Anniversary Edition: Reducing the Risk of Abuse in the Church for Children and Youth by Joy Thornburg Melton (Nashville: Discipleship Resources, 2008. ISBN 978-0-88177-543). Outlines policies and procedures to help congregations be safe places for children and youth and for the adults who care for them.

Soul Tending: Life-Forming Practices for Older Youth and Young Adults by various authors with foreword by Kenda Creasy Dean and Ron Foster (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0-687-03079-8). An effective resource that offers ways to engage the practices of the Christian faith-prayer, Bible study, worship, and spiritual friendship in everyday life; young people and adults are encouraged to lead as “co-journers” on the path to abundant life.

Tribal Church: Ministering to the Missing Generation by Carol Howard Merritt (Alban Institute, 2007).

List updated 2-27-09

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