Our goal in this book, and in life, is not to develop “new strategies” but rather to apply God’s Word (and His Plan for the ages) to the times in which we live. What you will find in these pages is the result of a quest to discern the never-changing, always applicable principles of youth ministry found in the BOOK itself, the Bible, because God already has a strategy.

Leading youth to become effective servants of Christ through the local church is an essential and daunting task in today's culture. Although it is tempting to provide young people with attractional events and programs, there is a better way, a biblical way! The goal of this book is to apply biblical principles to youth ministry at the basic level of growth, that of the "spiritual child" noted in 1 John 2.