For Academics
You're playing a vital role in the future of youth ministry as you teach and equip our future youth workers. We have resources for you, the educator, as well as for your students. We're excited to partner with you as the future of youth ministry is built.
Youth Specialties is taking youth ministry academics seriously. We've pioneered—Youth Specialties Academic—with the vision of providing scholarly and thoroughly academic texts that are also contemporary and engaging to students and thinking youth workers alike.
Youth Specialties Academic Support Network—A free program for accredited schools offering youth ministry as a majors or minor.
YS Resources:
- Check out the Youth Specialties Academic line of resources
YS Events:
- The National Youth Workers Convention: the longest running youth worker conference, filled with training, networking, resources, inspiration, and more. Get a special rate when you join the Youth Specialties Academic Support Network (YSASN).
- the CORE: the premiere one-day training event, perfect for your students.
YS Articles:
- What Attracts and Keeps Students at Your Church? by Kara Powell
- Do Games Still Work? The 7 Deadly Sins of Game Leading by Jonathan McKee
- On Starting Well by Mike Woodruff
- What I Wish I Knew When I Started Youth Ministry, part 1 by Mark Oestreicher
- Managing Your Time by Mike Woodruff
- One Day at a Time by Jen Arens
- See the list of all YS article topics
YS Job Bank:
YS Email Resources:
Sign up for one of our many helpful, informative email newsletters, including the YS Update, with articles, research, news and other resources, or the Inside Track email list, featuring exclusive subscriber-only coupons and freebies. Get your students to sign up so they can begin getting the latest in youth ministry news and resources.
Have questions? Need help?
Call us at 888.346.4179 or email us