Excerpt from Reflections, Vol. 8: Fall, 1998Thirteen months of surveying youth ministers, researching youth trends and studying other youth ministry degree programs has resulted in an enhanced curriculum, better prepared students and increased enrollment in the youth ministry degree program.Last year, 26 students were enrolled as youth ministry majors. This year there are 43, approximately 20 of whom are freshmen. Youth ministry program director Keith Sharp is planning for 5565 total students next fall. Youth ministry is fast becoming more and more important in Churches, he said. It's an exciting ministry to enter because it doesn't just involve teenagers anymore.Program improvements came largely in response to churches. The majority of the changes came from comments from churches, Sharp said. We tried to build the program into something that would be more meaningful for students, and in turn, the churches they serve.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.