Deep Justice in a Broken World: Helping Your Kids Serve Others and Right the Wrongs around Them (Youth Specialties) [Paperback]

Chap Clark (Author), Kara E. Powell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 18, 2007 | Series: Youth Specialties

It doesn't take a long list of statistics to convince you that our world is broken. Mission trips, service projects, and supporting children through relief organizations are just a few of the ways that many youth workers engage their students in serving the least, the last, and the lost. As good and helpful as these things may be on the surface, that's where they remain---at the surface. The problems run far deeper than an occasional paint job or fundraising project can solve. But it's not hopeless. Deep social justice is possible in your youth ministry. Following their bestselling book, Deep Ministry in a Shallow World, Kara Powell and Chap Clark provide you with research and insights that will help your ministry get to the next level. In addition to helping you further understand the Deep Design method (introduced in their previous book), their practical Kingdom of God theology will help you go beyond simply trying to motivate your students to serve those in need, and invite your students (and maybe even your leaders) to wrestle with why those people are in need in the first place. You'll hear from well-known social justice leaders and youth workers who are making a difference in urban, suburban, and small town settings including: * Jim Wallis (Sojourners) * Tony Campolo (Eastern University) * Lina Thompson (World Vision/Vision Youth) * John Perkins (Christian Community Development Association) * Shane Claiborne (The Simple Way) * Larry Acosta (Urban Youth Workers Institute) * Rudy Carrasco (Harambee Christian Family Center) * Jeremy Del Rio (Community Solutions, Inc.) * Noel Castellanos (Christian Community Development Association), and more In addition to expanding your personal justice commitments, Deep Justice in a Broken World will help you reflect with your own leadership team, and will provide you with online resources to take you even deeper into the journey. So go ahead, dig deeper into what it means to heal the broken world in which we live. Take your ministry deeper into social justice.

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About the Author

Chap Clark, PhD (Univ. of Denver), is Associate Provost for Regional Campuses and Special Projects and Professor of Youth, Family, and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary. Chap's extensive books, articles, and videos focus primarily on relationships. Among his many books are Hurt and Hurt 2.0; Disconnected: Parenting Teens in a MySpace World (coauthored with his wife, Dee); and Deep Justice in a Broken World. Chap and Dee live in Gig Harbor, Washington. SPANISH BIO: Chap Clark lidera el programa de maestria del ministerio juvenil y familiar del Seminario Teologico Fuller. A la vez, es miembro del grupo de recursos de Especialidades Juveniles. Chap es autor de una tonelada de libros, articulos y videos enfocados en las relaciones interpersonales. Entre ellos se encuentran Sexo del bueno y Lo que nadie te dira acerca del Sexo. El y su esposa Dee residen en Gig Harbor, Washington.

Dr. Kara E. Powell is executive director at the Fuller Youth Institute and a faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary. She has authored or co-authored several books, including Sticky Faith, Essential Leadership, Deep Justice in a Broken World, and Help! I'm a Woman in Youth Ministry. She is the general editor for The Fuller Youth Institute E-Journal and regularly speaks at conferences and seminars. She lives with her husband and three children in Pasadena, California. SPANISH BIO: Kara Powell es profesora y directora ejecutiva del Centro para la familia y el ministerio juvenil del Seminario Teologico Fuller. Es autora y coautora de un sinnumero de libros, incluyendo Liderazgo esencial y Sexo del bueno. Es editora general del diario Fuller Youth Institue E-Journal y con frecuencia da charlas en conferencias y seminarios en temas de jovenes. Reside en Pasadena, California con su esposo y sus tres hijos.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan/Youth Specialties (December 18, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310273773
• ISBN-13: 978-0310273776
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #642,311 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Monumentally Important work, March 26, 2008

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This book is a must read for all those who have a heart for teenagers and care about the church. The days of entertaining youth, keeping them busy with church activities, and just trying to help them "make it" through their school years are over. This book points to a new and much needed understanding of what it means to help teenagers participate in embodying and witnessing to the Kingdom of God in their lives. The greatest value of this work is not that is adds to or even changes the sorts of things students can be a part of, but that helps to establish an entirely fresh paradigm of what it means to think about and do youth ministry. If you are not ready to rethink "youth ministry" from the bottom up leaving no stone unturned, then understand, this will be quite a dangerous read. Otherwise, it's a must have!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let's go deep!, March 27, 2008

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This book, Deep Justice in a Broken World, is a much needed resource in a world of fast food, fast cars, and fast relationships. The authors cause us to stop and reflect on how to develop character, true character, in a generation that is trapped in consumerism and surrounded with marketing messages. This is the perfect book for anyone who cares about the future of America - and how our future can help shape the world for the better. I HIGHLY recommend this book!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Deep Justice, November 17, 2011

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This review is from: Deep Justice in a Broken World: Helping Your Kids Serve Others and Right the Wrongs around Them (Youth Specialties) (Paperback)

The book is a good addition to our ministry as we try to incorporate our youth into the church and the overall vision of serving Christ through serving our city and community as a whole and would also recommend some of Tim Keller's work on this topic as well(it is not aimed specifically at children). Another reviewer talked about it being a "paradigm shift" from the traditional keep your teens away and entertained and switches in with deep service and love for others. This insight has fit very well with our multi generations style of home group smaller church family units and how they embrace their local neighbors through true loving service as a group as well as just individuals day to day.