Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.7 / 5.0

One of the Best:

Simply one of the best books for any youth leader! Doug transfers many of the principles from the best-selling Purpose Driven Church by Rick Warren into practical methods and an easy process any youth worker can apply to their current situation.

The only weakness of the book in my opinion is that is somewhat attempts to oversimplify the "messiness" of youth ministry leadership. Can any five purposes or nine components catch ever game, activity, program, or mission trip in youth ministry? While Doug may... more info

Wish I had read it sooner:

This is an easy-to-read textbook on youth ministry by a proven professional. Drawing from the same principles as Rick Warren's The Purpose Driven Church, Fields (who is Warren's youth pastor at Saddleback Community Church) gives the foundational principles for youth ministry, explaining the different stages of faith commitment in adolescents, and providing strategies for a complete youth ministry.
Good: This book is an easy read, and doesn't require theological or professional ministry experience to... more info

Purpose-Driven Youth Ministry:

Doug Fields give his life experience in this book and how to have an effective youth ministry built from start. Anyone who is thinking of entering should read his experiences. Even those whe are in ministry should read it too because we can lean something from everyone.

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