Free Youth Ministry Training from Covenant Theological Seminary

Have you ever wanted to sit through a seminary course on youth ministry? What about . . . for free? Well now you can, of sorts. Covenant Theological Seminary offers a variety of free courseware from its masters degree programs, and their youth ministry course is part of the free courseware being offered.

Covenant’s free youth ministry course offers a theological and practical approach to youth ministry in the church, and practical principles for overseeing a youth ministry. The class lectures cover a range of topics including . . .

• your identity in youth ministry,
• understanding youth culture,
• developing a mission statement,
• building a ministry team,
• relational skills necessary for a relational youth ministry,
• plannning, and
• administration of youth ministry in the local church.
  

The class lectures are by Professor Mark Davis, a visiting instructor at Covenant Theological Seminary. Course audio files are downloadable in mp3 format and accompanying study guides are in PDF format. The course lists the following books as related reading . . .

• Purpose-Driven Youth Ministry - Slightly Imperfect (Doug Fields)

• Starting Right: Thinking Theologically About Youth Ministry Edited by Kenda Creasy Dean & Dave Rahn)

• Connecting (Larry Crabb)
  

Covenant’s youth ministry course web page also lists more than twenty additional courses they offer free to the public. Please note that the courses offered do not necessarily reflect an Apostolic perspective; however, some courses are general in their content and worth checking out. The sharing of this information is not an endorsement of Covenant Theological Seminary.