Raising Up Young Heroes

by Efrem Smith

Book Overview

How can you move beyond youth group? You already know that youth ministry is about much more than Sunday night Bible study and lock-ins. It's about changing the lives of youth and empowering young heroes to change their world. In this book Efrem Smith provides you with a model for holistic ministry that addresses all the needs of youth--body, soul and spirit. Powerful stories from Smith's urban multiethnic context shape the content of Raising...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830832092
• ISBN13: 9780830832095
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: IVP
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

A Standard for Youth Ministry

This book takes Youth Ministry to a new level and give practical ways for leaders to add new flavor to their own ministries.

One of the best books on Youth Ministry period.

Pastor Smith, in his book Raising Up Young Heroes, writes simply one of the best books on cutting edge youth ministry that you can read. Unlike most youth ministries book which are only practical with a specific racial or social group of youth, or simply restates what has already been said, Raising Up Young Heroes shines like a lighthouse on a stormy night. The book takes a holistic approch to youth ministry, in an attempt to change the student from the inside out. This book will help you better minister to a culture that is ever changing. If you are in youth ministry, you need this book!