BMH Editor's Blog

Ed Lewis, executive director of CE National, along with many other experts in the area of youth ministry, was asked to contribute to the book, The GreenHouse Project. The book's aim is to encourage churches and families to work together with unified biblical strategy to cultivate students of influence. The teen years are not a "holding pattern" but should be a time of unitizing the power of youth.

A limited number of books will be available for purchase at Momentum 2009 for $12 (retail $15.99). (A leader's guide will also be available.) The book and leader's guide are also in the CE National Lending Library.

The "GreenHouse Project" contains these chapters:

1. Beyond the Status Quo: Defining Student Leadership.. Mike Calhoun
2. Beneath the Surface: Being All That God Created You to Be…Calvin Carr
3. A Discipleship Strategy for the Real World: Reproducing Student Disciples … Ric Garland
4. The Freedom of Intentional Living: Managing More Than Your Time.. Alvin Reid
5. Bible Study… Moving from What to How: Handling the Word of God…Alex McFarland
6. Get to the Point: Communicating Biblical Truth to Students: Ken Rudolph
7. Finding Common Ground: Making Intergenerational Connections… Steve Vandegriff
8. Welcome to Varsity: Transitioning Middle-Schoolers to High School .. Tom Phillips
9. Molding Her Heart: Mentoring Girls.. Kristen Carr
10. Does Evangelism Even Work Anymore?: Training Students to Outreach.. Greg Stier
11. Students on Mission: Reaching Schools with the Gospel… Tim Ahlgrim
12. Making the World Smaller: Creating a Vision for Cross-Cultural Ministry… Dr. Cheryl Fawcett
13. It’s Their Church Too: Serving in the Local Church.. Ed Lewis
14. No-Guilt Recruiting: Steering Students toward Vocational Ministry.. Glenn Amos
15. Out of Sight... On Target: Transitioning Students beyond Youth Ministry.. Mel Walker
16. So Now What? Creating Students of Influence.. Jay Strack.