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Young people + mission : a practical guide / edited by Alison and David Booker.

Contributor(s): Booker, Alison | Booker, David
Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Church House Publishing, 2007Description: xvii, 190 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0715140604 (pbk.); 9780715140604Other title: Young people and missionSubject(s): Church work with young adults -- Great Britain | Church work with youth -- Great BritainBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Introduction : just what the world needs, another book on mission! / Alison Booker, David Booker -- Mission through the local church -- Neighbourhood missionaries : getting young people involved in their community / Neville Willerton -- Naturally speaking : equipping young people to share their faith / Matt Brown -- All dressed up : developing work with uniformed organizations / David Booker -- Starting from scratch : reaching young people when you don't have any / Matt Elsey -- Taking a gap year : how to tell a great opportunity from a costly mistake / David Booker -- Beyond the church walls -- Class act : developing work with schools / Debbie Orriss -- A light in the darkness? : nightclub chaplaincy / Diana Greenfield -- Ignorance is bliss? : young Christians living in a multi-faith society / David Booker -- Feeling the heat : engaging young people in environmental issues / Martyn Lings -- Spare change or all change? : involving young people in issues of global poverty / Martin Parks -- Rethinking young people and mission -- Mission as package holiday? : problems and possibilities in 'mass action mission events' / Nicholas Shepherd -- Church hall vs. lychgate : which young people should we focus our mission efforts on? / Helen Dearnley -- Speaking in tongues? : is our language stopping us communicating with young people? / Alison Booker -- Why do young people leave? : contemporary culture and Christian faith / Steve Hollinghurst -- Why mission alone isn't the answer / David Booker.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction : just what the world needs, another book on mission! / Alison Booker, David Booker -- Section 1: Mission through the local church -- Neighbourhood missionaries : getting young people involved in their community / Neville Willerton -- Naturally speaking : equipping young people to share their faith / Matt Brown -- All dressed up : developing work with uniformed organizations / David Booker -- Starting from scratch : reaching young people when you don't have any / Matt Elsey -- Taking a gap year : how to tell a great opportunity from a costly mistake / David Booker -- Section 2: Beyond the church walls -- Class act : developing work with schools / Debbie Orriss -- A light in the darkness? : nightclub chaplaincy / Diana Greenfield -- Ignorance is bliss? : young Christians living in a multi-faith society / David Booker -- Feeling the heat : engaging young people in environmental issues / Martyn Lings -- Spare change or all change? : involving young people in issues of global poverty / Martin Parks -- Section 3: Rethinking young people and mission -- Mission as package holiday? : problems and possibilities in 'mass action mission events' / Nicholas Shepherd -- Church hall vs. lychgate : which young people should we focus our mission efforts on? / Helen Dearnley -- Speaking in tongues? : is our language stopping us communicating with young people? / Alison Booker -- Why do young people leave? : contemporary culture and Christian faith / Steve Hollinghurst -- Postscript -- Why mission alone isn't the answer / David Booker.

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