Sally Nash is Director of the Midlands Centre for Youth Ministry, and has been involved in the Christian youth work field for over 25 years, mainly in the support and training of youth workers.

This book explores youth ministry and the role of the youth minister by looking at a range of various metaphors for the youth worker, such as 'flawed hero', 'visionary architect', 'party planner' and 'guardian of souls'. Each chapter takes one of these metaphors as a central theme, offers biblical and/or theological reflection on this aspect of youth ministry, explains the relevant theory and the necessary skills, uses real-life stories from practitioners to bring the metaphor to life, summarizes the key principles and values, gives questions for reflection and makes suggestions for further reading.

Sally Nash

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SPCK library of ministry

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Contributors

Preface

Introduction

1. Politician of integrity

2. Flawed hero

3. Visionary architect

4. Community builder

5. Empowering liberator

6. Party planner

7. Boundary marker

8. Mediating mirror

9. Guardian of souls

10. Odyssey guide

11. Compassionate presence

12. Well-watered tree

Appendix: Youth ministry role preferences and passions indicator

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Nash, Sally

This book, written by experts in the field, explores the role of the youth minister by looking at a range of metaphors, such as 'flawed hero', 'visionary architect', 'party planner' and 'guardian of souls'.

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In this insightful and eminently practical book vivid metaphors are used to define the multi faceted roles of today’s youth workers. The contributors are past and present staff and students of CYM – the Centre for Youth Ministry.  
The introduction states its objectives very clearly, ‘This book seeks to equip you to undertake a range of roles within whatever sort of youth ministry you are doing, helping you to become more effective in your work.’ It is unashamedly God-focused, emphasising the importance of the part played by the youth leader’s own faith and sets out to encourage reflective practitioners. To this end questions for reflection are offered at the end of each chapter and a particularly useful resource for this is to be found on pp. xviii and xix of the introduction.  
Case studies are frequently and effectively used to illustrate the points made, I particularly appreciated the one in chapter 3 by Simon Davies. This uses the metaphor of ‘visionary architect’ and offers an excellent example of the use of the strategic planning process through the use of a case study.  
All too often books such as this abound in theory with little practical resources or guidelines. However, in Youth Ministry the reader will find sound practical guidelines alongside the theory, as in chapter 6 ‘Party Planner’ by Jean Harper. Here we find some useful advice on how to plan a celebration event with and for young people.  
I believe that this book will both encourage and equip youth leaders in their ministry and could well prove to be a seminal resource for future training courses.

Youth Ministry

A Multifaceted Approach

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