Building a fire takes a system of well planned steps to make it blaze and burn. Using the analogy of fire building, BURN UP...Not Out is a practical How-To book on going long term, staying healthy, and successfully leading others as you follow God in Student Ministry. The volunteers and community you serve are watching and waiting to see if you care enough to BURN long enough to help make them strong enough to BURN. The "...run the race...and to run to WIN" principle applies here, as well as to "...fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you." Speaking and nurturing the next generation only happens when you weave yourself into families and their teens lives while staying in their community. Student Ministry STARTS stabilizing at 5 years and it can grow a great deal of trust in the following years...if you continue to BURN.