This book explores youth ministry and the role of the youth minister by looking at a range of various metaphors for the youth worker, such as ‘flawed hero’, ‘visionary architect’, ‘party planner’ and ‘guardian of souls’. Each chapter takes one of these metaphors as a central theme, offers biblical and/or theological reflection on this aspect of youth ministry, explains the relevant theory and the necessary skills, uses real-life stories from practitioners to bring the metaphor to life, summarizes the key principles and values, gives questions for reflection and makes suggestions for further reading.
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Revd Dr Sally Nash is Director of the Midlands Institute for Children, Youth and Mission based at St John’s College Nottingham and is also a self supporting minister in Hodge Hill Church in Birmingham and a companion of the Northumbria Community. Sally’s main work is teaching, writing and research in the fields of ministry, work with children and young people, spirituality and chaplaincy. Outside of work Sally enjoys playing golf, supports Spurs, blogging and walking.