Brian Hull and Patrick Mays: Youth Ministry as Mission

Youth Ministry as Mission

Kregel, 2022

By Brian Hull and Patrick Mays

WHO: Brian Mull, associate professor of youth ministry at Asbury University, and Patrick Mays, professor of Christian ministry and campus pastor at LeTourneau University. 

THEY SAY: “We believe that good youth leaders—youth leaders who care—learn about the culture of the people they care about. This is mission work.”

THE BIG IDEA: An introduction to missiology, missions practice and missionary witness tailored especially to a youth ministry context.   

THE PROGRESSION: In 14 chapters the authors explore how ministering to youth is like being a cross-cultural missionary. They explore issues such as understanding the relationship of the incarnation to ministering in youth culture, teaching for witness in a multi-religious context and translating stories as preparation for witnessing.

“Youth leaders desire that what young people learn moves from their heads to their hearts—from banked beliefs to actual beliefs.”

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