Urban Youth Ministry Resources
See also the urban youth topic in our Encyclopedia.
Organizations
Urban Youth Workers Institute
UrbNet
Vision Youth
(See also urban networks within denominations and paraparochial organizations such as The National Network of Youth Ministries, Youth Ministry Network - Catholic, Young Life, Youth for Christ, etc.)
Websites
Youth Study Resource (Building Futures Inc., NY)
Bibliography
Books written about general youth ministry, nationally or internationally, would fill page after page. Here's a list of urban youth ministry books we've collected over the years. Tell us what we've missed. More about these in our Encyclopedia.
Campola, Bart (2001) Kingdom Works: True Stories about God and His People in Inner City America.
Carney, Glandion (1984) Creative Urban Youth Ministry.
Copeland, Nelson E. (1995) The Heroic Revolution: a new agenda for urban youthwork.
Larson, Scott & Karen Free, eds. (2003) City Lights: Ministry Essentials for Reaching Urban Youth. Eighteen respected urban leaders contribute their ideas and models.
Myers, William R. "Models for Youth Ministry: Goals, Styles, and Contexts," in Urban Church Education, ed. Donald B. Rogers (1989) (out of print)
Roehlkepartain, Eugene C. (1989) Youth Ministry in City Churches: Proven tips from over 40 youth ministry veterans.
Sinsabaugh, Ginger, Linda Bannan, Dave Urbanski eds. (2001) Help! I'm an Urban Youth Worker!
See also the special urban issue of Youthworker, May/June 2002.
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