Sticky Faith Innovation: How Your Compassion, Creativity, and Courage Can Support Teenagers' Lasting Faith - Softcover

Steven Argue; Caleb Roose

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0991488083 ISBN 13: 9780991488087

Publisher: Fuller Youth Institute, 2021

Synopsis

Young people have changed.
Their world has too.
Why should youth ministry stay the same?

This book is for every youth leader who knows that change is part of youth ministry. It's for adults and mentors whose hearts both sing and break over young people. And it is for courageous pastors who will do whatever it takes to faithfully serve their teenagers.

That's right, this book is for you.

Building on over a dozen years of research and intensive work with more than 50 youth ministries and 100 youth leaders, we've developed a step-by-step innovation process that equips youth leaders and their teams to effectively serve teenagers' changing lives and support their long-term faith. Sticky Faith Innovation will guide your team time and time again as you propel your compassion, creativity, and courage toward cultivating a youth ministry that responds to the changing needs of your young people.

"FYI has done it again! Grounded in solid research and deep learning, this book offers new insights that help youth ministry leaders grow in compassion for our young people even as we ourselves are transformed by our relationship with them." --Sarah F. Farmer, Indiana Wesleyan University, co-author of Raising Hope and Joy: A Guide for Youth Ministry

"Sticky Faith Innovation offers a solid and proven way of taking teenagers' faith and life seriously, and guiding you through a process to get there. You won't find a more helpful or empowering book for your team." --Chap Clark, lead pastor at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, co-author of Sticky Faith and author of Hurt 2.0: Inside the World of Today's Teenagers

"Through compelling stories, practical steps, and scriptural grounding, Sticky Faith Innovation will coach your team through the innovation process and inspire you to experiment in your ministry in ways that leave it--and you--changed." --Jen Bradbury, minister of youth and family at Lutheran Church of the Atonement, author of The Real Jesus and The Jesus Gap

About this title

About the Author

Steven Argue, PhD, is an associate professor of youth, family, and culture at Fuller Theological Seminary and the applied research strategist at the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI). He has taught undergraduate and graduate youth ministry courses for over a decade, worked in multiple ministry contexts including the lead pastoral team at Mars Hill Bible Church (Grand Rapids, MI), and serves on the board for the Association of Youth Ministry Educators. He researches, speaks, and writes regularly on topics surrounding adolescence, emerging adulthood, faith, and spiritual struggle. He has coauthored two books: Growing With: Every Parent's Guide to Helping Teenagers and Young Adults Thrive in Their Faith, Family, and Future (Baker Books, 2019); and 18 Plus: Parenting Your Emerging Adults (Orange, 2018). Steve and his wife, Jen, live in Southern California and love being parents to Kara, Elise, and Lauren. Twitter: @stevenargue

Caleb Roose is a project manager at the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI), where he advises and facilitates FYI church trainings and research, coaches and consults with churches around the country, and develops resources. Caleb is passionate about faith and fatherhood, and helping young people wrestle with their faith and encouraging leaders to do the same. He has worked in a variety of ministry and professional roles, including volunteering in youth ministries, serving as an associate pastor of discipleship and administration, counseling at and running youth camps, ministering in six different countries with Youth With a Mission (YWAM), and managing an after-school program for kids. A Southern California native, Caleb lives 30 minutes from his hometown with his wife, Colleen, and two young daughters, Lilah and Eliana. Twitter: @CalebRoose

Edition details

• Publisher: Fuller Youth Institute
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0991488083
• ISBN 13: 9780991488087
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 270