Ministry with Youth in Crisis is a comprehensive treatment of major adolescent crises related to life themes including self-identity, faith formation, family life, social relationships, sexuality, suicide, substance abuse, and eating disorders. The distinctiveness of this book is that it offers a fine blend of solid research, workable theory, and specific strategies for successfully ministering to and with youth in crisis. Furthermore, it emphasizes the caring and sensitive side of working effectively with adolescents experiencing both normal and extreme crisis situations. This volume, therefore, is both descriptive and prescriptive in nature, in that it describes the world teens live in and offers biblical responses for ministry.

Harley Atkinson taught youth ministry, Christian education, and ministry leadership for twenty-six years at Toccoa Falls College. He is the editor of theHandbook of Young Adult Religious Education (1995) and author ofTeaching Youth with Confidence (2001) andThe Power of Small Groups in Christian Education (2002). His articles have appeared inChristian Education Journal.  W. Lee Barnett is the president of Legacy Christian University and Professor of Christian Education. A twenty-year youth ministry veteran, he is also the founder of Rocket City Student Ministries, an organization whose focus is to coach, train, and support youth ministers.   Mike Severe oversees the youth ministry degree program and other ministry degrees at Taylor University. He has done youth ministry training on three continents and has served as the vice president of the Association of Youth Ministry Educators and on the editorial board of theJournal of Youth Ministry.