Saying Is Believing starts with an intriguing title and delivers on all fronts to be a fresh, new voice in the field of youth ministry. With an artful balance of stories, social science, and spiritual formation, Amanda Hontz Drury defends the foundational but often overlooked practice of testimony. The author writes, “Articulation does more than describe. In speaking, I am given access to my beliefs in a new way that has the potential to define how I understand my faith and my relationship to that faith.”
Are you looking for biblical theology for students knowing and sharing their testimony? Saying Is Believing has you covered. Are you looking for practical advice on how to implement this in the culture of your ministry? You will find that here, too. Very few authors have the ability to balance ideas and practice with hearty substance in both areas, and that is why I recommend this for any individual working in ministry to the next generation. Mission teams, college students and senior pastors will find it challenging and enlightening. One of my favorite aspects about this work is that it is adaptable to almost any ministry setting: small church, inner-city, parachurch, camp, pre-teens to young adults, mission field, and everything in between. Saying Is Believing is pure brilliance and something from which youth ministry will benefit forever.
