I sincerely hope you have enjoyed this site, and that your Ministry is blessed by something you have seen here. Below I provide resources. Thank you, Professor Mindy Coats-Smith for a FABULOUS Syllabus. The information in the pages of this site come from the Required Reading list. The Recommended Reading list is meant for further reading on your part as well as for mine.
REQUIRED READING
Clark, Chap. Hurt 2.0: Inside the World of Today’s Teenagers. 2nd ed. Baker Academic, 2011.
Clark, Chap, Kenda Dean, and Dave Rahn. Starting Right: A Practical Theology of Youth Ministry. Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2001.
Clark, Chap, and Kara Powell. Deep Ministry in a Shallow World. Youth Specialties/Zondervan, 2006.
Emerson, Michael O., and Christian Smith. Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America. Oxford University Press, 2001.
RECOMMENDED/EXTRA READING
Drane, John. Do Christians Know How to be Spiritual? The Rise of New Spirituality and the Mission of the Church. Darton, Longman & Todd, 2005.
Gibbs, Eddie & Ryan K. Bolger. Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures. Baker, 2005
Jacobsen, Eric O. Sidewalks in the Kingdom: New Urbanism and the Christian Faith. Brazos, 2003.
Johnston, Robert K., ed. The Use of the Bible in Theology: Evangelical Options. Wipf and Stock, 1997.
Nichols, Sharon L., and Thomas L. Good. America’s Teenagers—Myths and Realities: Media Images, Schooling, and the Social Costs of Careless Indifferences. Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004.
Regnerus, Mark. Forbidden Fruit: Sex & Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers. Oxford University Press, 2007. 307 pp.
Robbins, Duffy & Len Kageler. This Way to Youth Ministry—Companion Guide: Readings, Case Studies, Resources to Begin the Journey. Zondervan, 2004.
Roxburgh, A. J. & Fred Romanuk. The Missional Leader: Equipping your Church to Reach a Changing World. Jossey-Bass, 2006.