Let the Journey Begin - Leader's Guide

This is the curriculum that started it all.  Hundreds of churches and programs have used Let the Journey Begin to develop a core ministry to boys.  The curriculum is build around the life of Joseph in Genesis, and teaches boys the values, attitudes, habits and beliefs of real men.  It has proven to be so powerful that boys regularly open up, share their deep feelings, confront their emotional wounds, and are led to new belief systems related to authentic manhood.

The curriculum literally gives them a roadmap to manhood, and each week they recite the Oath of Manhood to reinforce what they are learning.  Basic principles for operating the program are also taught in the Leader's Guide.

Investing in Our African American Youth

In order to run an effective ministry to boys, your team needs to know how to run an effective ministry to youth, period! 

Investing in Our African American Youth is a how-to book written by Darrell V. Freeman, M.A. to aide churches in being effective as they develop their ministry to youth. If you need a definition of youth ministry you will find it in this book. If you want to know whether or not a youth ministry can grow in your particular church environment, get this book. If you want to know how to select youth leaders and youth workers, or just simply how to set up ministries and committees, it's in this book. For the ministry that wants to win young people through evangelistic efforts to be youth for truth and committed disciples of Jesus Christ, then this book will assist in making them mature and ready to face the real world. Whether you are in a small church or mega church, an urban church or rural church, this book is just what you need.

Investing in Our African American Youth has the charts, lists and questionnaires that the church and its staff have been looking for to meet the pressing needs and turbulent times of today's youth.