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Summary: YES! Wisdom on youth spirituality--might save the church
Review: For the past 17 years I have been involved in youth ministry. Long ago, I got tired of the cute workshops, the mindless catalogues of programs, and the lack of well reasoned theology. This book is the thinking pastor's book for youth ministry. It is truly cutting edge, well documented, passionate, and hits you right between the eyes. I cannot overstate how much I believe in this work. I was able to get three advanced copies and sent them immediately to peers in ministry to kids. It's that good and that important.
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Summary: Excellent refreshing perspective that matters!
Review: I am not in youth ministry - perhaps only in a secondary capacity as a helper. Yet this book showed me that as a Christian, I am challenged to be a bearer of the Christian life and presence of God to anyone I am in contact with - especially the young who are in the midst of vital growth that will rely on their keen discernment of what they see in the lives of other Christians. The book provides a powerful examination of the Christian life that applies to more than just youth ministry - it is all encompassing and challenging in our roles as people who belong to God and are commissioned to bear him in our lives to others.
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Summary: You've gotta read this book
Review: If you are interested in ministering to others, this book is a great place to start laying or to strengthen your foundation. Although the authors wrote with youth ministry in mind, anyone can apply the principles. The book is easy to read and hard to put down. The ideas and concepts the authors share are easy to put into practice. Godbearing does not give a formula for a ministry rather the book challenges the reader to think and reflect. The ideas will impact the youth and/or your ministry because you are the one that affects them. Of all the books I have read Godbearing has been one of the most challenging and impacting to me and how I minister. This also makes a great study book for a youth staff, a class, or a few people; read a chapter and then discuss it. There is too much information in Godbearing to take it all in with just one reading. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: You've gotta read this book
Review: If you are interested in ministering to others, this book is a great place to start laying or to strengthen your foundation. Although the authors wrote with youth ministry in mind, anyone can apply the principles. The book is easy to read and hard to put down. The ideas and concepts the authors share are easy to put into practice. Godbearing does not give a formula for a ministry rather the book challenges the reader to think and reflect. The ideas will impact the youth and/or your ministry because you are the one that affects them. Of all the books I have read Godbearing has been one of the most challenging and impacting to me and how I minister. This also makes a great study book for a youth staff, a class, or a few people; read a chapter and then discuss it. There is too much information in Godbearing to take it all in with just one reading. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Better than Purpose Driven!
Review: This book tells you what Youth Ministry is all about...YOUTH! We are called to be Pastors to Youth not Recreation Directors. I encourage all who are in Youth Ministry or desire to work with youth to read this book. It gives great advise as to what and how we should work with Youth. Godbearing life will bring a NEW LIFE to your ministry and your walk with Christ!
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Summary: Truly revolutionary!
Review: This book was required reading for my youth ministry class in college. It has not only defined my vision of youth ministry, but it has changed my entire outlook on all aspects of Christian ministry. The images that Dean and Foster use are both biblical and ingenius. Who would ever have thought of taking the New Testament passage where Gabriel tells Mary that she has been chosen to bring God into the world and apply it to youth ministry? This book should be in the library of every person who works with youth.
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Summary: Excellent Read for Youth Ministers!
Review: This book, more than any other I have read to date, describes the changes that must take place as youth ministry enters the 21st century. The authors focus upon the necessity of having spiritual, youth relationships rather than just social, youth recreation. The crying need today is for churches to minister as only they can do to the emptiness young people face in their lives. Rather than competing with secular programming, Christian youth ministries are called to offer something entirely different from the secular world.The authors describe in detail various measures to be taken that will energize youth in their Christian faith. This title is far from a book of programming ideas, but rather a very readable volume of philosophy and theology on youth ministry. I recommend it highly to all youth pastors, and other Christian professionals who will interact with teenagers on a regular basis.
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Summary: A must read for all ministers
Review: While the focus is on youth ministry, the ideas and principles in this book should be read by anybody who is a minister within the church. The "radical" idea of the book is that the church should be focused on changing the heart of people and society in order for all people to reach and strive for a relationship with God.
If you are looking for another gimmick in order to make a youth ministry program grow, this book is not for you. If you are looking for a book in how to minister to youth, thier families and the people who work with them, then this needs to be on your shelf.
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Summary: A must read for all ministers
Review: While the focus is on youth ministry, the ideas and principles in this book should be read by anybody who is a minister within the church. The "radical" idea of the book is that the church should be focused on changing the heart of people and society in order for all people to reach and strive for a relationship with God.
If you are looking for another gimmick in order to make a youth ministry program grow, this book is not for you. If you are looking for a book in how to minister to youth, thier families and the people who work with them, then this needs to be on your shelf.
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Summary: Youth Ministry for a Postmodern Culture
Review: Without seeming overdramatic, this is the book we who have been in youth ministry for awhile have been waiting for. Dean and Foster move right to the heart of the matter: youth workers are called first and foremost to be PASTORS to their students, not simply recreation directors. Skillfully blending scripture, theology, the social sciences, and personal experience, these practitioners offer both rich theory and application to assist youth workers in rethinking why we do youth ministry. In my opinion, this is the book that will most shape youth ministry in this postmodern era.
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