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Sustainable Youth Ministry: Why Most Youth Ministry Doesn’t Last and What Your Church Can Do About It
By Mark DeVries
Your church looking for a youth pastor? Again. What is going wrong? What would it take to build a ministry that withstands the roller coaster ride that has become so much a part of “normal” youth ministry? Based on his own experience as a youth pastor and his hands-on consulting work with scores of churches, Mark DeVries pinpoints the problems that cause division and burnout. He then provides the practical tools and strategies needed to lay a strong foundation for your church’s youth ministry-one that isn’t built solely on a person or a program. In these pages he offers indispensible guidance for:
Understanding why most churches stay chronically stuck in very predictable (and solvable) problems in their youth ministries Moving toward a systemic approach to youth ministry by tending first to the climate and structures undergirding the ministry Helping senior pastors and search committees avoid the common pitfalls made in hiring youth staff Equipping youth pastors to build strong volunteer teams and navigate the turbulent waters of church politics Giving youth pastors creative tools for lasting in youth ministry for the long haul. Building a sustainable youth ministry is not easy, and it’s not quick. But with commitment to the process, hard work and the guidance found in Sustainable, your church can put together a healthy youth ministry-one that fits your church and lasts for the long haul. Youth ministry can last.
Silos, Politics and Turf Wars: A Leadership Fable
By Patrick Lencioni
One week. That’s all the time Jude had, because that’s when his next workshop would take place at Children’s Hospital. And so he became almost obsessed with figuring out the “silo thing,” reading everything he could get his hands on having anything to do with organizational politics.
But Jude would not find his answer in any book. It would find him, in a more surprising way than he could ever have imagined. In yet another page-turner, New York Times best-selling author and acclaimed management expert Patrick Lencioni addresses the costly and maddening issue of silos, the barriers that create organizational politics. Silos devastate organizations, kill productivity, push good people out the door, and jeopardize the achievement of corporate goals. As with his other books, Lencioni writes Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars as a fictional-but eerily realistic-story. The story is about Jude Cousins, an eager young management consultant struggling to launch his practice by solving one of the more universal and frustrating problems faced by his clients. Through trial and error, he develops a simple yet ground-breaking approach for helping them transform confusion and infighting into clarity and alignment. Once again, Lencioni’s latest fable is as practical as it is engrossing. Anyone who has lived through corporate turf wars or experienced the absurdity of departmental politics will find Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars an invaluable resource.
“Lencioni’s theory around alignment is simple and powerful, and could apply to any type of organization, large or small.” –Gary C. Kelly, vice chairman and chief executive officer, Southwest Airlines Co. “An incisive and insightful look at how companies can recognize and remedy infighting. The tone of Patrick’s writing is as warm and readable as the advice itself is sound.”–Michael A. George, chief marketing officer, Dell Inc.
