Youth Ministry Across the Continents: Eleven Youth Pastors from Ten Countries on the Key Building Blocks for Effective Youth Work Leadership in the Local Church

Most youth pastors want ideas, inspiration and practical advice to help them with their ministry, yet most don't think of looking beyond their own borders for advice. However, youth pastors in other countries have much they can teach us. Some of the differences in approach and style reflect personality, and some reflect culture; others are to do with the church or denomination the youth worker belongs to, be it Presbyterian, Pentecostal, Anglican, Baptist, Independent Evangelical, or Assemblies of God. Core issues covered include how to look after your own soul, evangelism, schools work, parents, and the youth pastor's vital relationship with their supervisor, often the senior pastor, minister or associate pastor. Read alongside a book like by Jason Mandryk and Patrick Johnstone, youth workers can also consider what God is doing in each of the countries they are reading about. It offers wonderful nuggets of wisdom and supplies a broad range of perspectives while reinforcing principles common to youth work across the globe. Inspiring, practical and educational, this book provides readers with ideas and situations they may have never considered. As veteran youth worker and professor, Len Kageler, writes in the foreword, "I had several 'I never thought of that' moments as I read along."