The following books and articles are some of those appearing on the Comprehensive Reading List for PhD candidates in the Student Ministry major at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Black, Wesley. An Introduction to Youth Ministry. Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1991.
Fields, Doug. Purpose-Driven Youth Ministry. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1998.
Senter, Mark H., III. ed. Four Views of Youth Ministry and the Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 2001.
Smith, Christian with Melinda Lundquist Denton. Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Strommen, Merton P., Karen E. Jones, and Dave Rahn. Youth Ministry That Transforms. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 2001.
Black, Wesley. An Introduction to Youth Ministry. Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1991.
Borgman, Dean. Hear My Story: Understanding the Cries of Troubled Youth. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2003.
Boshers, Bo. Student Ministry for the 21st Century. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1997.
Burns, Jim, and Mike DeVries. Partnering with Parents in Youth Ministry. Gospel Light, 2003.
________. The Youth Builder: Today’s Resource for Relational Youth Ministry. Gospel Light, 2001.
Campbell, Ross. How to Really Love Your Teenager. Colorado Springs, CO: Cook, 1993.
Clark, Chap. Hurt: Inside the World of Today’s Teenagers. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2004.
________. The Youth Worker’s Handbook to Family Ministry. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1997.
DeVries, Mark. Family-Based Youth Ministry. 2d ed. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2004.
Dunn, Richard R. Shaping the Spiritual Life of Students. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2001.
Erikson, Erik. Identity: Youth and Crisis. New York: Norton Publishing, 1968.
Fields, Doug. Purpose-Driven Youth Ministry. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1998.
________. Your First Two Years in Youth Ministry. Grand Rapids. MI: Zondervan, 2002.
Hall, G. Stanley. Adolescence (Vol. 1&2). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1904.
Higgs, Mike. Youth Ministry On Your Knees: Mentoring and Mobilizing Young People to Pray. Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 2004.
Laurent, Robert. Keeping Your Teen In Touch With God. Elgin, IL: David C. Cook, 1988
Lewis, Robert. Raising a Modern Day Knight. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale,1997.
McDowell, Josh, and Bob Hostetler. Josh McDowell’s Handbook on Counseling Youth. Dallas, TX: Word, 1996.
McDowell, Josh. The New Tolerance. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale, 1998.
Mueller, Walt. Understanding Today’s Youth Culture. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale, 1999.
Parrott III, Les. Helping the Struggling Adolescent. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2000.
Reid, Alvin. Raising the Bar: Ministry to Youth in the New Millennium. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 2004.
Robbins, Duffy. Youth Ministry Nuts & Bolts: Mastering the Ministry Behind the Scenes. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1990.
Schultze, Quentin J. et al. Dancing in the Dark. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1990.
Seel, David John. Parenting without Perfection. Navpress Publishing, 2000.
Senter, Mark H., III. ed. Four Views of Youth Ministry and the Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 2001.
Smith, Christian with Melinda Lundquist Denton. Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Smith, Tim. 8 Habits of an Effective Youth Worker. Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1995.
Stanley, Andy. The Seven Checkpoints Student Journal. West Monroe: LA: Howard Publishing, 2001.
Strommen, Merton P., Karen E. Jones, and Dave Rahn. Youth Ministry That Transforms. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 2001.
The Comprehensive Guide to Youth Ministry Counseling. Loveland, CO: Group Publishing, 2002.
White, Joe and Jim Weidmann. Parent’s Guide to the Spiritual Mentoring of Teens. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale, 2001.
Wiseman, Rosalind. Queen Bees and Wannabes. New York, NY: Three River’s Press, 2002.
