For a foundational, experience driven and highly-respected guide to doing real youth work, read ‘Purpose Driven Youth Ministry’.

Ten years after its release this guide to creating, maintaining and growing youth work has become indispensible. Unlike other guides, this book doesn’t paint an unattainable picture feeding you a blueprint that has worked well in one context. Instead it presents foundational, biblical principles for youth work which you can easily apply today. These 9 transferable principles are:

1. Connecting with the POWER of God for Passionate, Committed Leadership
2. Defining the PURPOSE of your Ministry and Communicate it Effectively
3. Identifying a POTENTAIL Audience
4. Create PROGRAMS that Reach your Audience and Fulfill God’s Purposes
5. Implement PROCESSES that Move Students to Maturity
6. Enhance your Ministry with clearly PLANNED Values
7. Team Up with PARENTS to Involve the Whole Family
8. Find Volunteers and Develop Them into PARTICIPATING Leaders
9. PERSEVERE through Tough Times and Thrive in an Ever-Changing Environment

On his website, Doug Fields says “my goal for this book is to coach you through a plan to build a healthy youth ministry that isn’t dependent on one great youth leader and won’t be destroyed when the youth worker leaves the church. It’s not a book on how to grow your youth ministry with six easy steps; it’s about identifying, establishing, and building health into your church’s youth ministry.”

About the Author

Doug Fields has been a leader in youth ministry for over 30 years. In addition to being a youth pastor at two churches for 11 and 20 years, Doug is the founder of Simply Youth Ministry, the co-founder of Downloadyouthministry.com, the author of more than 50 books, and is currently working with Youth Specialties and amp; Azusa Pacific University (HomeWord’s Center for Youth/Family).