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The Student Leadership Training Manual for Youth Workers
Dennis McLuen · 2000
63/100
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A genuinely practical, ready-to-run curriculum for youth pastors training teen leaders, grounded in Scripture from session one. It does exactly one job well for a faith-based audience, but its narrow ministry-specific format keeps it from being a broader recommend.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety95
Substance / usefulness65
Craft & writing58
Originality55
Evidence & accuracy58
Hype vs delivers68
Age-fit55
Human-eye read55
Penny’s verdict63
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