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.

Let's get back to GREAT Biblical youth ministry and let’s multiply our efforts to “Train the Trainers” of youth leaders globally! In the 1960s and 1970s, the youth pastor position was THE most sought-after career job by local churches. What happened?

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.

Students today desperately need to be reached where they are—at school! As students face the emotional, social, and spiritual challenges of adolescence and life on their middle school or high school campuses, youth leaders can “be there” to influence their lives.