Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry:
From a Strategy of Influence to a
Theology of Incarnation by Andrew
Root
Excellent, Excellent, Excellent.
In Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry, Andrew Root explores the origins of
a dominant ministry model for evangelicals, showing how American culture
has influenced our understanding of the incarnation. Drawing from Dietrich
Bonhoeffer, whose work with German youth in troubled times shaped his
own understanding of how Jesus intersects our relationships, Root recasts
relational ministry as an opportunity not to influence the influencers but to
stand with and for those in need. True relational youth ministry shaped by
the incarnation is a commitment to enter into the suffering of all, to offer all
those in high school or junior high the solidarity of the church.

Personal Review: Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry: From a
Strategy of Influence to a Theology of Incarnation by Andrew
Root
If you liked Chap Clark's "Hurt: Inside the World of Today's Teenagers" or
are just looking to get away from a ministry where you feel like you are
trying to "sell" teens Jesus, this is an amazing book. Root gives a great
history of the development of adolescence and how youth ministry has
grown during that time, then takes a look at the faults of "relational
ministry" before focusing in on the theology and practicals of incarnational
ministry with adolescents. Although this is not a quick read (it will give you
plenty to chew on) EVERYONE in ministry should read this. I would put it
in my top three of youth ministry books, and I've read a lot!
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