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The State of Youth Ministry: How Churches Reach Today’s Teens - and What Parents Think about It‍

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Publisher: a Barna Report produced in partnership with Youth Specialties and YouthWorks

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Youth ministry is one of the most important ministries in every church. The research The State of Youth Ministry: How Churches Reach Today’s Teens--and What Parents Think about It is the report of the findings of three nationwide studies among youth pastors, senior pastors, and parents of teens. This research commissioned by Youth Specialities and Youth Works covered several topics, such as what parents are looking for in a church youth program, how the church leaders define the purpose and priorities of youth ministry, some specific activities, events, and learning opportunities that churches offer to youth, and the biggest challenges churches are facing about youth ministry today.

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The Connected Generation: How Christian Leaders around the World Can Strengthen Faith & Well-Being among 18-35-Year-Olds‍

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Publisher: Barna Group

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Young adults are our future. They are fast learners. The world is affected by them; however, they are also easily affected in the same way. In order to have a better understanding of this “Connected generation,” Barna partnered with World Vision and undertook this large study that featured 15,000 respondents in 25 countries and 9 languages. The research reveals that young adults desperately need to experience the love of God. This study is informative and handy. It provides a lot of good information to help planning of youth ministry. In this report you can find the challenges and fears that young people are facing, the attitudes young adults have toward church and religion, and the causes young adults care about.

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Gen Z: The Culture, Beliefs and Motivations Shaping the Next Generation‍

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Publisher: Barna Group

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Gen Z was the first major national study of people born between 1999 and 2015. They are the major force pushing the world forward and they are also our future. It is unfortunate that many Christian teenagers and young adults are unprepared for the world that is waiting for them. It is not unusual for many to have drifted, become disillusioned, or even walked away from their faith. In order to prepare and develop proper strategies for youth and young adult ministry, church leaders should have a better understanding of Gen Z’s characteristics. This study focuses on Gen Z's emotional lives; their relationship with technology; how they feel about faith and practice it.

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Gen Z: Vol 2‍

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Publisher: Barna Group

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Gen Z Volume 2 is the continuation of the work of Gen Z in 2016. This time you can have a newer and deeper look into the lives and minds of today’s young people. In this book you'll get to know the generation that is reshaping our world, teens and young adults who are driven, informed, hopeful but skeptical, anxious, spiritually open, and highly connected. More importantly, through new data, insights from practitioners, and a series of field guides, you'll learn strategies for loving and leading young people in a better way. You won’t miss it if you work with young adults and have a family member who is Gen Z.

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Drowning For Jesus: Compassion Fatigue in Ministry.‍

Author: Hoppe, Jeff, and Kathy Hoppe
Publisher: Resource Publications

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People with the roles of educators, ministers, and counselors in church offer a lifeline to those people who are drowning in the demands of religion. Walking with others through the deepest, darkest, and most disorienting phases of their life journeys needs courage, as well as the capacity to tolerate ambiguity and complexity. Humans are weak and fragile. Mental health professionals, however, may also burnout if unable to handle stress and emotions properly. Church leaders or professionals may not notice the subtle change in their own internal conditions will also pull them to depths that place them at risk. The authors, as health care professionals, want to share the lessons they have learned with readers and hope that it provides them with the courage and strength to directly face their stress and, at the same time, be able to deal with them properly. The book Drowning For Jesus: Compassion Fatigue in Ministry will offer prevention advice for burnout, compassion fatigue, and managing church systems. The topics of the process of recovery beginning with rest and retreat, and the minister's renewed calling will be discussed, too.

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Making Space for Millennials‍

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Publisher: Barna Group

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The Millennials are the future of the world; therefore, many churches and Christian organizations are trying their best and struggling with how to make room for Millennials. We are talking about not just appealing space in their buildings and gathering places, but also space in their institutional culture, ministry models, and leadership approach. This Making Space for Millennials is a handbook for turning information about Millennials into connections with Millennials in your church, school, or organization. Whether you are a pastor, an educator, a youth or young adult ministry leader, or a nonprofit or business leader, this resource is designed to help you make the most of your current and future partnerships with Millennials. With the help of this book, you will discover the impact Millennials' values, allegiances, and assumptions will have on your church. This handbook also teaches you how to hear Millennials' perspectives on worship and community spaces. You can learn from practitioners in each of the four design arenas - culture, ministry, leadership, and facilities so as to help your Millennials, and to gain valuable insights on how this generation views and relates to form and function. This handout is specially designed for Pastors and church boards, Youth and college ministry leaders, Educators, and others who teach young people.

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情緒的鏡子‍

Author: 林凱沁
Publisher: 愛家文化基金會

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情緒是「自我」的一部分。情緒就像鏡子，映照出一個人真實又複雜的樣貌，只有真正了解它，才能好好認識自己、安頓自己。作者林凱沁巧妙揉合、應用不同的心理學知識，引導大家閱讀「情緒的故事」。她在本書娓娓道來自己的生命歷程，示範如何「化心理知識為常識」，讓讀者能夠DIY自己的心理健康。除了品嘗人性中的七情五味，也得到安頓自己與人際互動的祕訣。情緒，這份看似不完美的禮物，邀請你來欣賞它、擁抱它，你將因此找到更整全、更豐盛的生命。

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做個稱職的父母‍

Author: 布魯斯 納蘭摩爾 (Bruce Narramore)
Publisher: 大光傳播有限公司

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本書提供一些現代民主的教育的新觀念和方法，讓父母在因應孩子的問題時，不但得心應手，且能夠勝任愉快，是一本為人父母者不應錯過的親職教育指南。

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與孩子一起上的情緒管理課‍

Author: 約翰 高特曼 (John Gottman) 和 瓊安 迪克勒 (Joan Declaire)
Publisher: 時報文化

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本書提供孩子從嬰兒期到青春期各成長階段的情緒發展目標、簡單易行的「情緒輔導五步驟」，同時針對現代父親的教養任務、父母婚姻觸礁時的親子互動，提出精闢實用的建議與輔導策略， 是新世代父母不可或缺的教養指南。

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童心減壓有妙法‍

Author: 林浣心
Publisher: 突破出版社

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作爲一位小學校長，作者林浣心分享自己認識的小學生所經歷的不同壓力，通過幽默真實的學生與校長的問答互動，幫助讀者理解小學生的不同壓力來源和解決方法。這是一本適合家長和少兒工作者閲讀的小冊子。

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轉個彎一樣有路走：讓孩子自信過一生‍

Author: 詹姆斯 杜布森 (James Dubson)
Publisher: 愛家文化基金會

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本書提供一套建立孩子自信心的四個實用策略，從幼兒期、兒童期到青春期，逐步建立孩子的自信心與自我價值觀，有了這兩樣武器，孩子就可以抵擋社會中無處不在、伺機而動的各種打擊與挫折。 讓孩子遇到困難時不是「躲」起來，而是找「出路」，使孩子在人生的路上走得更好、更健康。

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面對心中的巨人‍

Author: 路卡杜 (Max Lucado)
Publisher: 校園書房出版社

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本書從「大衞與歌利亞」故事中教導我們今天信徒的功課。巨人歌利亞仍徘徊在我們的世界裡；高額負債、天災、離異、欺騙、疾病、憂鬱，這些龐大的挑戰和壓力睥睨支配著我們的生命、偷走我們的睡眠、吞噬我們的平靜、掠奪我們的喜樂。但是，如同大衛一般，你能面對心中的巨人，即使你有許多不足。焦點放在巨人──你就蹣跚而行。焦點放在上帝──巨人就傾覆倒塌。

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女性限定：你需要瞭解的男性内心世界‍

Author: 桑蒂 菲德翰 (Shaunti Feldhahn)
Publisher: 台灣舉手網絡協會

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本書是關於每位女性—無論單身或已婚，都需要知道的關於男人內心深處懷著的重要的感受。作者以數千名男性為對象的嚴謹研究為基礎，告訴我們一個又一個令人大開眼界的關於男性的發現。男人真心希望女性能「懂」他：瞭解他的內心世界、知道他的恐懼和需要、聆聽他渴望能告訴妳的一切。全球已有數百萬人因為這本書的實用概念和「啊哈」時刻，體驗到驚人的關係改變，以及發現如何去愛自己男人的真實模樣。

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如何與你的孩子談死亡‍

Author: 喬伊 歐康納 （Joey O’Connor）
Publisher: 愛家文化基金會

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死亡是生命的一部份，但該如何與孩子談論死亡？ 一旦失去生命中摯愛的人，除了傷痛，還該和孩子說些什麼呢？ 本書將幫助你揭開這個不能說的祕密，這是想向孩子解釋死亡真相的父母、師長必備的「寶典」。

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如何爲主教養子女（舊約篇）‍

Author: 慕安得烈 (Andrew Murray)
Publisher: 大光傳播有限公司

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兒女是屬天的寶貝，也是上帝信實的應許，更是上帝給予我們最大的恩賜。但是，在教養子女時，要如何才能讓他們堅立上帝的約，成為上帝所喜悅的兒女？在面對這個世界的紛擾與誘惑時，要如何讓他們一生行在主的道路中？在這樣的屬天服事中，父母又應該扮演什麼樣的角色？本書是教養子女的實踐指南，父母要透過上帝給予的教養原則，為上帝教養出屬天的兒女，也藉由教養子女的過程，與主緊密連結，領受上帝豐盛的應許，更彰顯上帝的榮耀。