Gifts for Leaders/Volunteers

The 7 Best Practices for Teaching Teenagers the Bible is a resource for youth workers that teaches seven meaningful practices they can use to help teach the Bible in a transformative and dynamic way.

Disciple: The Ordinary Person’s Guide To Discipling Teenagers, written by one of the leading voices in youth ministry, Dr. Allen Jackson, is a practical, down-to-earth guide for leading teenagers to pursue Christ.

Protect: A Youth Worker's Guide to Navigating Risk reignites the discussion on risk management in youth ministry. Written by youth ministry veterans Dr. Jody Dean and Dr. Allen Jackson, it covers vetting volunteers, counseling considerations, social media policies, mandatory reporting, trip concerns, and much more.

In Youth Ministry For The Longer Haul: A Field Guide For Longevity, youth ministry veteran and author Chris Trent passes along over three decades of hard-earned advice, knowledgeable insights, and practical wisdom. Chris knows firsthand the value of ministry mentors. And throughout the pages of this book, he mentors you, the reader, so that you too can experience success in navigating the pathway to longevity in youth ministry.

Protecting Your Children from Internet Pornography exposes the many ways that pornography is menacing people, relationships, society, and—especially—our children. You will be disturbed, shocked, motivated, and empowered to make a difference after reading this book.

BAGS helps parents become aware of the specific bags kids tend to pack as they grow up, how these bags tend to get packed, and the long-lasting negative impacts they can have.

99 Thoughts for Small Group Leaders delivers insights, tips, and veteran advice for anyone leading a small group. Youth leaders will be better equipped and more confident with these bite-sized pieces of wisdom.

Few areas of Christian ministry are as intense, unpredictable, and chaotic as junior high ministry. Read Controlled Chaos: Making Sense of Junior High Ministry to gain a little bit of hope and help so you can effectively serve the middle school students in your church.

Teaching Teenagers in a Post-Christian World: Cultivating Exploration and Ownership will help youth workers shift from being content dispensers to conversation cultivators. Instead of treating teenagers like consumers—even when we really believe in what we're selling—let's create learning environments that lead to faith exploration and ownership.

Teaching for Change guides teachers to unravel the mystery of how students absorb and process information. This insight leads to better prepared lessons that will engage the hearts and minds of students. 

Speaking To Teenagers: How to Think About, Create, and Deliver Effective Messages equips youth workers, small group leaders, and pastors to be more effective communicators of the gospel in the context of youth ministry.

A Woman in Youth Ministry: Honest Insight and Leadership Wisdom for Real People provides encouragement and practical help for youth ministry leaders who sometimes feel like they're going it alone. This resource is full of stories and rants and blessings and cone-of-silence honesty from Gina Abbas, a storyteller, a listening ear, an honest coach—and a youth worker herself.

Masterpiece: The Art of Discipling Youth uncovers the process of revealing teenagers as the masterpieces Christ created them to be. Veteran youth worker Paul Martin shares his process for recognizing students as who they are: God’s masterpieces.

Marriage can be messy, and marriage while serving in ministry is extra messy. Whether your marriage needs just a little tuneup or a major overhaul, 99 Thoughts on Marriage & Ministry: Prioritizing the "Holy-mess" of Matrimony will encourage both you and your spouse and will empower you to pursue a strong, healthy marriage.

Your First Two Years in Youth Ministry is a must-have tool for new youth workers, volunteers, seminary professors and students—even veteran youth workers. Author Doug Fields offers practical advice, all in the hope that new youth workers can achieve real longevity in an often tumultuous church culture.

Veteran youth worker Kurt Johnston writes, "Getting better at youth ministry is worth the effort because teenagers are worth the effort." With that in mind, he put together this compact, practical, and approachable book for youth ministry volunteers, brimming with insights and wisdom from his decades in youth ministry—including some memorable and hilarious stories of the mistakes that taught him along the way.