reTHINK – Is Student Ministry Working? (by Steve Wright)

Is student ministry accomplishing what we think it is? Roughly two-thirds of students leave the church after graduation. Baptisms are down. Student pastors are walking away from ministry at startling rates. It’s time to rethink student ministry. This book pairs the most up-to-date research available with an overview of a biblical framework for ministry. It will arm you with facts, Scripture, and real-life ideas that will help you find new ways to involve parents back into the equation and help you escape the busy, bigger-and-better, number-driven model of student ministry.

This book is a must read for parents, youth workers, and pastors. It verbalizes questions we have been kicking around for a while. Check it out. Let’s examine what we are doing. See what works and what doesn’t. Then let’s do more of what works.