OMG: A Youth Ministry Handbook
Kenda Creasy Dean
Abingdon Press, 2010, 163 pp., $26.00
It’s no secret: As a whole, American youth ministries are failing at discipleship and faith formation with adolescents. OMG: A Youth Ministry Handbook adds valuable insight to the conversation of adolescent spiritual development and even argues that youth ministry should be more central to the church’s identity than most congregations realize. It offers practical theological reflection on the church’s approach to growing Christian youth and is designed for anyone who hears Christ calling him or her to make a difference in the lives of teens.
Written by a handful of people who have been “in the trenches” for years, this book seeks to raise and wrestle with questions in youth ministry rather than provide quick and superficial answers. Although it reads like a graduate-level textbook, the sheer brilliance of the content is worth your attention.
