Thriving Youth Groups: Secrets for Growing Your Ministry

by Jeanne Mayo, Group Publishing

If a youth group fails the "friendliness test," teenagers won't come back. Yet building a friendship culture is easier than you think–especially with this in-depth and amazingly practical guide from renowned youth ministry expert Jeanne Mayo. Her three decades of in-the-trenches experience have been poured into this idea-filled book to help even the busiest youth workers create a truly magnetic ministry. You'll see both spiritual and numerical growth as a result of applying Jeanne's field-tested insights.

See how even the busiest youth worker can create a truly magnetic ministry—and a true "youth family"

Genres: Theology

143 pages, Paperback

First published December 8, 2004

Reviews

[James Iniba · Rating 5 out of 5]

Get this book especially if you are in ministry. Very fun, practical and fun examples. PS: Jeanne is the godmother of all youth ministries

[Austin Kistner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this book! So many great ideas to help your youth group thrive and grow! Some of these ideas and strategies won’t help if your youth group is under 20-30 students, bite nonetheless, this is such a good and inspiring read.

[Joshua Evan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thought-provoking with lots of practical ideas that are easily implemented but, helpfully, cost-effective.

[Nathan Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jeanne Mayo is a genius in the field of youth ministry. No one can argue that. And her ideas about creating a friendship culture are great, but many of her other methods and ideas are not sustainable for smaller churches. This book is worth the read, but be sure to examine each of Jeanne Mayo's ideas--some are complete and utter brilliance, others are impractical.

[Carol Wunderlich]

Some good ideas for tapping inot kids desire for true friendships and how to get your youth group working in that direction... would've liked to hear more about how the group works towards sustainable faith beyond the freindship paradigm of the youth group....

[Rachel Blom · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great practical how-to book on creating a friendship culture in your youth ministry. My only issue is that it's too short at points, I would have liked a lot more details.

[Bob Godula · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best book I've ever read for youth ministry. Every new youth pastor should be given a copy before getting things started.

[Caitlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read for ALL Youth Pastors, Youth Leaders, Youth Staff Members, Full time, Part Time, or Volunteer! Valuable Pragmatics for a group of any size!!!

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jeanne Mayo cares about this stuff and really knows it.
The book is motivating and abundant in its practicality.