Looking Good Naked: Youth Work and the Body of Christ - Paperback

by Andy Du Feu (Author)

What would it look like if an Avenger turned up to help in youth work? Perhaps it would breathe a fresh sense of purpose. Maybe the primary response would be relief that backup had arrived. They would certainly pull a crowd for a few weeks at least. Looking for a superhero might be a good idea. But there is a better one. It's called the church. Boring? Irrelevant? All dressed up but nowhere to go? Looking Good Naked strips off the ill-fitting outfits and recovers a biblical theology of the church as the body of Christ, drawing on the narratives of youth work and ministry. Written for the student of youth ministry, full-timer, part-timer or extra-timer, it is an engaging, practical, and deep book, seeking to renew our confidence in who we are in light of whose we are, so we can better engage with young people.

Author Biography

Andy du Feu is Vice-Principal, Academic at Moorlands College (UK). He is a youth ministry "lifer" and has led youth-work and theology degree programs for nearly a decade, with other research interests in undefended leadership and digital theology. He has served as a church pastor near Oxford, and has youth work and ministry experience from three continents, including three years in urban ministry on the US East Coast.