Faith Beyond Youth Group, Jen Bradbury
Faith Beyond Youth Group, Jen Bradbury
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Faith Beyond Youth Group
Five Ways to Form Character and Cultivate Lifelong Discipleship

Author: Jen Bradbury, Kara Powell, Brad M. Griffin

Narrator: Jen Bradbury, Brad M. Griffin, Kara Powell

Unabridged: 6 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/07/2023


Synopsis

Because "Nice" is not enough.

Most typical youth ministries today produce nice, obedient kids who behave themselves—and then leave the church and the faith. Even those who remain struggle to extend their own faith beyond youth group. They seem like "good kids," but their lives and decisions outside youth group aren't oriented toward Jesus. Clearly that is not our goal. So what are we doing wrong? And how can we better serve the unique needs of the most anxious, adaptive, and diverse generation in history?

If you're tired of youth ministry that fails to change lives, it's time to change youth ministry.

Building on two decades of the Fuller Youth Institute's work and incorporating extensive new research and interviews, Faith Beyond Youth Group identifies the reasons youth ministry often flops both short-term and long-term, and offers five ways adult youth leaders can cultivate character for a lifetime of growing closer to Jesus rather than drifting away. It shows leaders how to cultivate trust, model growth, teach for transformation, practice together, and make meaning so that teenagers can become adults who hold fast to Jesus and boldly live out a robust faith in a watching world.

About Jen Bradbury

Jen Bradbury serves as content director for the Fuller Youth Institute and a volunteer youth pastor at her local Episcopal church. With more than twenty years of experience in youth ministry, she's the author of several books, including The Jesus Gap, The Real Jesus, Called: A Novel About Youth Ministry Transitions, and What Do I Believe About What I Believe? Jen and her husband, Doug, live in the Chicagoland area where they can regularly be found adventuring with their two young daughters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brian

Probably the best youth ministry book I’ve read in the last five years. Super thankful for the folks at Fuller who lean into quality research to help youth workers in their work with young people. I encourage every youth worker to give it a read for lasting discipleship in students.......more

Goodreads review by Erin

Lots to think about. Many things I would like to be intentional about in both working with our church’s youth group and in my parenting!......more

Goodreads review by Zach

yeesh.......more

Goodreads review by Conrade

What about the rest of the week? Is there more the faith than the weekly meetings? In recent times, there have been questions about what Church-goers do beyond Sundays. In marketplace ministries, this concern comes in the form of Faith beyond Sundays. Paul Stevens coins this as "The Other Six Days."......more