Youth Articles

The articles section is designed to provide you with youth ministry articles from New Zealand and around the world. You are most welcome to submit your own articles to Murray.

Articles from Murray's Desk

• Divided? (August 2011)
• Youth Ministry According to the Tree of Life: 2. The Bible and LIFE (March 2009)
• Youth Ministry According to the Tree of Life: 1. LIFE - The REAL Secret (February 2009)
• Revolving Doors Attracting and Holding Young People in a Spinning World (June 2008)
• Unhelpful Emphases in Youth Ministry: Part 1 - An Emphasis on Rules over Relationship (June 2007)
• Justice: A Missing Piece in the Youth Ministry Puzzle? (May 2007)
• Belonging Before Believing (April 2007)
• Youth Ministry: The Domain of the Young? (August 2006)
• Radical Respect: Have We Lost it in Youth Ministry? (March 2006)
• I-MORPH - Characteristics of an Emerging Generation (December 2005)
• Mission Impossible? - Why Community Doesn't Work in Youth Ministry
• Sweat the Small Stuff - A look at the small things we can do in ministry that are actually the big things.
• Smorgasboard Spirituality - Breaking through a Postmodern Worldview.
• The Leadership Obsession : Part 1 - A refreshing look at what Christian leadership really is.
• The Leadership Obsession : Part 2 - Rethinking Failure.
• Indwelling Discipleship - Back to the Future : Part 1 - A focused look at a theological emphasis in discipleship that has been somewhat neglected.
• Indwelling Discipleship - Back to the Future : Part 2 - A practical look at what specifically the implications of indwelling discipleship are for the way we go about discipling young people.
• Indwelling Discipleship - Back to the Future : Part 3 - A look at programming and how it needs to be ordered to incorporate an indwelling emphasis in the five key practices of the church.
• Leading With the Power of a Centurion - A look at power and youth ministry - its uses and abuses.
• Beyond 2000: Youth Ministry in the New Millennium - A look into our youth ministry future.
• Christian Education - Are We Cultivating the Wrong Tree? - An examination of the key concepts of effective Christian education.

New Zealand Articles

• Youth Ministry - Families and the Future - How will youth ministry need to change to cope with changes in New Zealand society - Michael Treston.

Links to Sites With Youth Articles

• YouthWorker - Practical youth ministry articles
• Journal of Youth Ministry - Academic articles on youth ministry
• Youthbuilders - Articles for parents and youth workers
• Youthfront Conversations - An eclectic collections of articles of interest to the youth worker.