{"product_id":"youth-ministry-that-lasts-a-lifetime","title":"Youth Ministry that Lasts a Lifetime","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable only as a PDF from \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/seminaryhillpress.com\/product\/youth-ministry-that-lasts-a-lifetime-pb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eSeminary Hill Press\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Youth ministry that doesn’t last a \u003cem\u003elifetime\u003c\/em\u003e doesn’t matter very much.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe real criteria for evaluating youth ministry is this question: Are we consistently introducing teenagers to Jesus and then discipling them into believers who will, for a \u003cem\u003elifetime\u003c\/em\u003e, love God, love people, and make disciples for the glory of God?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEveryone who evaluates youth ministry needs to ask a new set of questions. The issue really is not: How is our youth group doing today? Instead, the core question is: How will our youth group be doing for a lifetime?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost youth pastors love King Jesus supremely and do their work tirelessly. But by employing a sixty-year-old model of youth ministry, the great majority of church teenagers are not becoming world-changing disciples as adults.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs the church willing to give up comfortable youth ministry for a radically new model that is likely to lead many more teenagers to lifetime faith?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSIT 2024\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/strong\u003eRecommended SIT textbook for Session C.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYouth\/Family Ministry Workshops \u003c\/strong\u003e(Pr. Jordan Langness)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReminder: Select one recommended resource per session to link to your reflective essay.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpring '21\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRequired FLS textbook for Youth and Family Ministry course taught by Dr. Jason Holt.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ambassador Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51851919786286,"sku":"BN0044","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/1582\/7758\/files\/Youth-Ministry-that-Lasts-a-Lifetime.jpg?v=1773619792","url":"https:\/\/store.ambassadorpublications.org\/products\/youth-ministry-that-lasts-a-lifetime","provider":"Ambassador Publications","version":"1.0","type":"link"}