Student Ministry for the 21st Century: Transforming Your Youth Group Into A Vital Student Ministry [Paperback]

Bo Boshers (Author), Kim Anderson (Collaborator)

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Publication Date: June 2, 1997

Why settle for a 'youth group' . . . . . . when you can build a dynamic student ministry that keeps more and more students coming -- and keeps them growing! From the director of Student Impact, one of the country's largest and most effective student ministries, here is a clear, step-by-step approach that takes you for a quantum leap beyond merely Maintaining a Youth Group . . . to Building a Student Ministry Activity-driven . . . To purpose-driven Unclear vision . . . To clear vision Inward focus, content with the 'clique' . . . To outward focus, compassion for lost people Minimum growth . . . To consistent growth Songs and games . . . To worship and prayer Keeps the traditions . . . To evaluates for effectiveness 'Baby-sitting' . . . To impacting the world

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Why settle for a "youth group" . . . . . . when you can build a dynamic student ministry that keeps more and more students coming -- and keeps them growing! From the director of Student Impact, one of the country's largest and most effective student ministries, here is a clear, step-by-step approach that takes you for a quantum leap beyond merely Maintaining a Youth Group . . . to Building a Student Ministry Activity-driven . . . To purpose-driven Unclear vision . . . To clear vision Inward focus, content with the "clique" . . . To outward focus, compassion for lost people Minimum growth . . . To consistent growth Songs and games . . . To worship and prayer Keeps the traditions . . . To evaluates for effectiveness "Baby-sitting" . . . To impacting the world

About the Author

Bo Boshers is vice president of student ministries at the Willow Creek Association and author of several books, including Student Ministry for the Twenty-first Century, Walking with God, and numerous other books in the Student Impact series. Previously, he served for ten years as executive director of Student Impact, the senior-high ministry of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois. SPANISH BIO: Bo Boshers es director ejecutivo del ministerio de estudiantes de Willow Creek Association y autor de varios libros, incluyendo La Fuerza G, Momentos de Vision, Ministerio de Estudiantes para el Siglo XXI y Conviertete en un cristiano contagioso, Edicion para Jovenes.

Kim Anderson worked for three years as women's director of Student Impact and has eight years of staff and volunteer experience in student ministry. Kim, her husband, Eric, and daugther, Callie, live in Algonquin, Illinios.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 282 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan Pub. House (June 2, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310201225
• ISBN-13: 978-0310201229
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #831,166 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Bo Boshers is vice president of student ministries at the Willow Creek Association and author of several books, including Student Ministry for the Twenty-first Century, Walking with God, and numerous other books in the Student Impact series. Previously, he served for ten years as executive director of Student Impact, the senior-high ministry of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars worth checking out, November 26, 1999

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This review is from: Student Ministry for the 21st Century: Transforming Your Youth Group Into A Vital Student Ministry (Paperback)

This book is definitely worth reading, especially if you're looking to change from a traditional approach to a more relational/purpose-drive approach. It starts out a little slow, but the later chapters provided some helpful ideas.

I would recommend Purpose Driven Youth Ministry by Doug Field over this book, however. Most of the ideas in Student Ministry for the 21st Century are also in Purpose Driven Youth Ministry.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Decent Book But Not The Best, May 29, 2001

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This review is from: Student Ministry for the 21st Century: Transforming Your Youth Group Into A Vital Student Ministry (Paperback)

In this volume, Bo Boshers gives us a look at Student Impact, the student ministry at Willow Creek Church. He shares with us the philosophy of their minstry and how they arrived to use it. The book is strong and offers quite a bit of good material but it is not the best book encouraging modelling a youth minstry. Doug Field's book PURPOSE DRIVEN YOUTH MINSITRY is far superior. This book however, is a nice complement to PDYM and adds some supplemental advice as well.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME BOOK!, February 21, 1999

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This review is from: Student Ministry for the 21st Century: Transforming Your Youth Group Into A Vital Student Ministry (Paperback)

I bought this book almost by accident. I am so glad that I did. I have been teaching sunday school for four years. I am now in college majoring in youth ministry. I loved the book. It gives a lot of ideas about how to help out your youth group. It doesn't just give you ideas on how to play more games and get more kids in your group. The book focuses on how to build your youth ministry. It doesn't however focus on how to fill more seats. It focuses on how to fill more hearts. The main focus is spiritual growth in your ministry. I just have to say it is an awesome book,and it is easy to read and understand!