Youth Ministry Resource List
EMC does not necessarily endorse all the content content of each of these books. However, they have been found to be useful for those involved in Youth Ministry by youth workers throughout our conference.
Books
Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership (R.H. Barton)
The Ultimate Guide (Jeff Baxter)
The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring Sabbath (Mark Buchanan)
Youth Ministry in the 21st Century (Chap Clark)
The Divine Mentor: Growing Your Faith As You Sit at the Feet of the Saviour (Wayne Cordeiro)
Surfing For God (Michael J. Cusick)
Sustainable Youth Ministry (Mark DeVries)
Building Your Volunteer Team (Mark DeVries)
Gospel-Powered Parenting (W.P. Farley)
Your First 2 Years (Doug Fields)
Your First Two Years in Youth Ministry (Doug Fields)
Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth (Richard J. Foster)
Generation to Generation (E. H. Friedman)
Can I Ask That? (Fuller Youth Institute)
The Skinny on: Service, Discipleship, Communication, Outreach, Mobilizing Volunteers, and Relating to Parents (Group)
Already Compromised (Ken Ham)
Not a Fan: Becoming a Completely Committed Follower of Jesus (Kyle Idleman)
Counterfeit Gods (Tim Keller)
You Lost Me (David Kinnaman)
Truth Matters: Confident Faith in a Confusing World (Andreas Kostenberger)
Jesus Centered Youth Ministry (Rick Lawrence)
God’s Story (Max Lucado)
Changing The World (Ken Moser)
Creative Christian Ideas (Ken Moser)
99 Thoughts for Parents (Walt Mueller)
Youth Ministry 3.0 (Mark Oestreicher)
Understanding Your Teen (Mark Oestreicher)
Against Calvinism (Roger E. Olson)
Arminian Theology (Roger E. Olson)
Soul Keeping: Caring for the Most Important Part of You (John Ortberg)
Radical (David Platt)
Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live (David Platt)
Sticky Faith (Dr's Kara E. Powell and Chap Clark)
Building a Youth Ministry that Builds Disciples (Duffy Robbins)
Ashamed No More (T.C. Ryan)
Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence for Every Believer (J. Oswald Sanders)
Goodbye Generation (David Sawler)
The Disciple (David Sawler)
Before They Say Goodbye (David Sawler)
Living in a Gray World: A Christian Teen’s Guide to Understanding Homosexuality (Preston Sprinkle)
Outbreak (Greg Stier)
Dare 2 Share: A Field Guide to Sharing Your Faith (Greg Stier)
The Pursuit of God (A.W. Tozer)
The Joseph Road (Jerry White)
Replenish: Leading from a Healthy Soul (Lance Witt)
Helping Your Hurting Teen (H. Norman Wright)
Understanding Sexual Identity (Mark Yarhouse)
Magazines
Group
Youth Worker Journal
Relevant
Love is Moving
Faith Today
Discipleship Journal
MORF
Christianity Today
Ministry Today
Converge
Risen