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Sex is essential and awkward, divine and messy, seemingly simple and yet often incredible complex. It's no wonder we as youth workers often struggle with how best to approach this vast but critical topic with teenagers-and sometimes avoid bringing it up altogether. 4 Views on Talking to Teenagers About Sex reflects the thoughts, experiences, and practical advice of four in-the-trenches youth workers, who have spent years having these conversations with the teenagers in their ministries. Representing an array of viewpoints, these writers don't agree on everything-but they all know that our conversations with teens about sex must speak to God's design, avoid shame, and go far beyond any one instance of "the talk." Here you'll find tips on how to engage in honest conversation, what topics to approach, and how to help youth reflect on and behave according to sexual ethics that honor God, themselves, and others-in their teen years, and through all of the phases of adulthood to come. This book won't attempt to give you all the answers, but it will fuel your thoughts, challenge you, and encourage you to continue these essential conversations with the youth in your ministry.Mark Oestreicher is a partner in The Youth Cartel, which provides resources, training, and coaching for church youth workers, and is the author of many books for youth workers, parents, and teenagers. Twitter: @markosbeard. Jen Bradbury serves as the minister of youth and family at Atonement Lutheran Church in Barrington, Illinois. Jen is the author of books including The Jesus Gap: What Teens Actually Believe about Jesus, and is the assistant director of Arbor Research Group, where she has led many national studies. Jake Kircher is a pastor, author, and speaker who has been in ministry for fifteen-plus years. He is the author of the THINK curriculum as well as Teaching Teenagers in a Post-Christian World. You can find him on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter as @jakekircher. Jonathan McKee is the president of The Source for Youth Ministry and author of books including The Teen's Guide to Social Media & Mobile Devices. He speaks to parents and leaders worldwide and offers free resources and training for youth workers at TheSource4YM.com. Joel Stepanek is the director of resource development for Life Teen International, a youth ministry speaker, and the author of books including True North: A Roadmap for Discernment.

Includes chapter responses from Heather Flies, Scott Rubin, Kenny & Elle Campbell, Katie Edwards, and more.Few areas of ministry are as intense, unpredictable, and chaotic as junior high ministry-but that craziness is probably one of the reasons you're drawn to it!Kurt Johnston and Justin Herman are your guides in this revised and expanded edition of a youth ministry classic. Their goal in Controlled Chaos is simple: to share their experience, insight, and a desire to provide a little bit of hope and help so you can effectively serve the middle school students in your church.As youth ministry veterans, Kurt and Justin know the key to effective junior high ministry: PARENTS ] CARING ADULT FOLLOWER OF JESUS + JUNIOR HIGHER = GOOD STUFFAnd this book unpacks how to turn that ministry formula into ministry reality: Understanding today's junior higherBuilding an effective team of quality volunteersMinistering to and partnering with parents and familiesPursuing and promoting creativity in your ministryIdentifying your ministry's purposeTeaching and speaking effectively to young teenagersHaving fun-yes, FUN-at churchBecoming a spiritually healthy leaderAccept the mess. Welcome the madness. Embrace the chao

What do I do when a teenager comes out to me? How do I respond in a way that's helpful rather than creating additional problems?4 Views on Pastoring LGBTQ Teenagers is a frank and compassionate conversation with four in-the-trenches youth workers who have wrestled with these questions and strengthened their ministries as a result. In fact, it's out of real-life experience with gay, bi, cisgender, trans, queer, or questioning teens in their own youth groups that these youth workers are able to offer up their approaches-approaches which are then not theoretical at all, but practical and born of relational, everyday ministry.Will you find all the answers in this book? No. Look elsewhere for theological debate; look elsewhere for pat, one-size-fits-all methodologies. Youth ministry is often messy and complex, but it's a divine calling to connect every youth with Jesus: straight, gay, bi, cisgender, trans, queer, or questioning.

Foreword by Chap Clark"Youth Ministry in a Post-Christian World is, above all, a story of honesty and hope. If you're looking for another program manual of youth ministry how-tos and free advice, keep looking. But if you need a friend in the trenches, whose journey will make you feel a little less alone, then this is your next read."-Kenda Creasy Dean"This book is an invitation to reaching teenagers and calling them into an amazing life with Jesus."-Tic LongThe world is changing and it s changing us in some ways for the better. It requires us to reconsider the ways we think about and interact with the people around us. The good news is that thoughtful, humble, and curious youth workers are making headway in today s world.Youth Ministry in a Post-Christian World is the collection of humble, story-driven, pragmatic and Jesus-focused reflections of a fellow youth worker forced to reconsider everything he knew about youth ministry: everything except the gospel, that is.

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