About Young Adults

"What Is A Young Adult" webcast available for viewing
If you missed our interactive webcast, good news! We got the VCR to stop flashing "12:00" and recorded the entire session.

Generation Next Documentaries by PBS
Over the summer of 2006, NewsHour correspondent Judy Woodruff traveled the country talking to members of Generation Next. In a series of NewsHour reports and in two hour-long documentaries, Judy reported on her findings on young Americans ages 16-to-25 years old.

Generation X : Books

Baby Busters: The Disillusioned Generation
George Barna. (Chicago: Northfield Publishing, 1994)

Virtual Faith: The Irreverent Spiritual Quest of Generation X
Tom Beaudoin. (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998)

Inside the Soul of a New Generation: Insights and Strategies for Reaching Busters.
Tim Celek and Dieter Zander (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996)

Jesus for a New Generation: Putting the Gospel in the Language of Xers
Kevin Graham Ford. (Downers Grove, IL, InterVarsity Press, 1995)

13th Generation: Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?
Neil Howe and Bill Strauss. (New York: Vintage Books, 1993)

Gathering the Next Generation: Essays on the Formation and Ministry of GenX Priests.
Nathan Humphrey, ed.. (Harrisburg: Morehouse Publishing, 2000)

The Gospel According to Generation X: The Culture of Adolescent Belief.
David K. Lewis and Carley H. Dodd and Darryl L. Tippens. (Abilene: Abilene Christian University Press, 1995)

The Critical Years: The Young Adult Search for a Faith to Live By
Sharon Parks. (New York, Harper & Row, 1986)

What Next?: Connecting your Ministry with the Generation formerly known as X
Andrea Lee Schieber and Ann Terman Olson, ed.. (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1999)

twentysomething: Surviving and Thriving in the Real World
Margaret Feinberg

Love Does No Harm: Sexual Ethics for the Rest of Us
Marie M. Fortune

Millineal Generation : Books

Millennials Go To College: Strategies for a New Generation on Campus: Recruiting and Admissions, Campus Life, and the Classroom
Neil Howe and William Strauss (LifeCourse.com/college)

College of the Overwhelmed: The Campus Mental Health Crisis and What To Do About It
Richard Kadison, M.D. and Theresa Foy DiGeronimo. (San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 2004)

Freshman: The College Student's Guide to Developing Wisdom
Mark Matlock. (Think, 2005)

Making God Real for a New Generation: Ministry With Millennials Born From 1982 to 1999.
Craig Kennet Miller and MaryJane Pierce Norton. (Nashville, Discipleship Resources, 2003)

Generational Theory : Books

Three Generations: Riding the Waves of Change in Your Church
Gary L. McIntosh. (Grand Rapids: Fleming H. Revell, 1995, second printing 1999)

Faith of My Fathers: Conversations with Three Generations of Pastors about Church, Ministry, and Culture
Chris Seay. (Zondervan, 2005)

Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069
William Strauss and Neil Howe. (New York: Quill, 1990)

General Young Adult Ministry : Books

The Way of Transition: Embracing Life's Most Difficult Moments
William Bridges. Perseus Publishing, 2001)

Twenty Someone: Finding Yourself in a Decade of Transition
Craig Dunahm and Doug Serven. (WaterBrook Press, 1st Edition, 2003)

Developing Faith in Young Adults: Effective Ministry with 18-35 Year Olds
Robert T. Gribbon. (New York, Alban Institute, 1990, reprint 1992 & 1993)

Developmental Theory

Identity and the Life Cycle
Erik Erikson. (W. W. Norton & Company; Reissue edition 1994)

Identity: Youth and Crisis
Erik Erikson. (W. W. Norton & Company; Reissue edition 1994)

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