Youth Ministry 3. 0 : A Manifesto of Where We've Been, Where We Are and Where We Need to Go

Over the past several decades there have been three significant shifts in youth culture; each new shift brought with it different values and priorities in the lives of teens. Youth ministries adapted and responded to the first two shifts, but weÃre missing the boat on the third. The result? Youth ministry isnÃt addressing the realities and needs of todayÃs youth culture.After nearly three decades in youth ministry, Mark Oestreicher has lived through a lot of those shifts himself. In recent years, heÃs found himself wondering what needs to change, especially since so much of what weÃre doing in youth ministry today is not working. In Youth Ministry 3.0, youth workers will explore, along with Marko and the voices of other youth workers, why we need change in youth ministry, from a ministry moving away from a dependence on programs, to one that is focused on communion and mission.TheyÃll get a quick history of youth ministry over the last fifty years. And theyÃll help dream about what changes need to take place in order to create the nextphase of youth ministry à the future that needs to be created for effective ministry to students.