You don't have to be ultra hip, off-the-hook, or super cool to be a great youth worker, but you do need to be inside out. Not backwards--just inside out.

What does it mean to be inside out?

It's learning to follow Jesus in such a way that he not only lives in you, he impacts teenagers through you. It's allowing your "doing" to flow from your "being."

From start to finish, The Inside Out Youth Worker is about making disciples of Jesus Christ among teenagers. Yet, unlike many youth ministry books about disciple-making, this one doesn't focus on programs, processes, systems, or structures. It's all about you--the youth worker. For the authors of this book, the starting point for any discussion about making disciples in youth ministry is with youth workers themselves--who they are and what they should be about.

Getting it right here is 80% of the battle. Miss this and the most strategic programs matter very little. Being inside out is that important!

Here's what others are saying about the book:

"I love this approach to thinking about youth ministry!" - Mark Oestreicher, President, Youth Specialties

"The Inside Out Youth Worker has its heart in exactly the right place--namely, that the best youth ministry "strategy" is the power of a transformed life. This book is both practical and challenging, and will not only upend the way you see ministry, but might just change your life."  - Rick Lawrence, Executive Editor, Group Magazine

"This practical and insightful book will undoubtedly help youth workers, the veteran and new recruit alike, more fully realize what it means to develop followers of Jesus?from the inside out." - Chris Folmsbee, President, Sonlife Ministries

"Kent Julian and his very experienced youth ministry specialists have done an outstanding job helping us understand the 'being' art and 'doing' work of making disciples." - Jim Burns, PhD, President, HomeWord