Help teenagers unlock their potential and discover essential faith
Today's teenagers are the most anxious, creative, and diverse generation in history--which can make it hard for us to relate. And while every teenager is a walking bundle of questions, three rise above the rest:
· Who am I?
· Where do I fit?
· What difference can I make?
Young people struggle to find satisfying and life-giving answers to these questions on their own. They need caring adults willing to lean in with empathy, practice listening, and gently point them in the direction of better answers: they are enough because of Jesus, they belong with God's people, and they are invited into God's greater story.
In this book, which is based on new landmark research from the Fuller Youth Institute and in-depth interviews with data from 2,200 diverse teenagers, Kara Powell and Brad M. Griffin offer you practical and proven conversations and connections to help the teenagers in your home, your ministry, your classroom, or your neighborhood answer their three biggest questions and reach their full potential.
Acknowledgments
Part I: Questions Begging for Better Answers
1. The Big Questions Every Teenager Is Asking
2. Learning to Listen for Answers
3. Jesus Offers Better Answers
Part II: Who Am I?
4. The Big Question of Identity
5. ENOUGH: Jesus’ Better Answer
Part III: Where Do I Fit?
6. The Big Question of Belonging
7. WITH: Jesus’ Better Answer
Part IV: What Difference Can I Make?
8. The Big Question of Purpose
9. STORY: Jesus’ Better Answer
Part V: Questions Disrupted
10. Conversations and Connections in Tough Times
Appendix A: Our Interview Participants
Appendix B: Over 170 Questions to Ask
a Teenager
Notes
| Contributors | Kara Powell, Brad M. Griffin |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780801093388 |
| Format | Hardback |
| First published | September 2021 |
| Dimensions | 145mm x 223mm x 25mm |
| Weight | 0.54 kg |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 304 |
| Publisher | Baker Books |
Kara Powell and Brad Griffin cut through so much of the guesswork and misguided conversations that have made it so much harder to connect with today's teens. This powerful combination of research, practicality, and intellectual integrity is exactly what church leaders need right now.
Kara and Brad help us understand the unique challenges teenagers are confronting today, identify their greatest longings, and give us practical ways to proactively initiate conversations and connections that will ultimately lead them closer to Jesus. If you love and care about teenagers, read this book.
This work by Kara Powell and Brad Griffin offers a valuable resource that engages the full story of the gospel message to speak to the specific context of the teenager. I am grateful for this resource that will effectively serve the church.
