The Indispensable Youth Pastor: Land, Love and Lock in Your Youth Ministry Dream Job
Mark DeVries and Jeff Dunn-Rankin
Group Publishing, 2011, 173 pp., $15.99
Following Jesus’ words in Luke 14:28, DeVries and Dunn-Ranking have published The Indispensable Youth Pastor to provide a bird’s eye view of the reality of life in youth ministry that will enable current or potential youth workers to count the cost before making the leap into youth ministry.
DeVries and Dunn-Rankin walk each step of the journey with youth workers as they go through the process of landing their dream job. The book provides excellent questions to consider and ask while encouraging the candidate to develop a keen sense of self-awareness in order to discern a good ministry fit. The authors continue with the youth worker through the transitions and hardships experienced in ministry and help place the youth ministry and the struggles in correct perspective within the larger church and mission of God. Whatever stage or season the youth worker is in, The Indispensable Youth Pastor provides helpful insights to keeping focus on what’s most important.
