Youthwork is an evangelical Christian magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom by Christian Communications Partnership (CCP) Ltd.
The magazine is associated with a wider network of Christian organisations. It started life in the early 1990s as a supplement of Christianity magazine (known as Alpha at that time). Its prominence in Alpha was due to editor John Buckeridge, who had joined the Alpha team in 1989. By 1992 he had developed it into a small bi-monthly black and white title and soon had a wide readership consisting largely of youth leaders; by 1996 it was being printed monthly.
John Buckeridge was active in the organisation of Brainstormers, a weekend conference aimed at youth leaders. The event would continue for a further seven years and, as a result of its success, the Youthwork partnership was formed with Spring Harvest. Since then the partnership has grown to include a total of six organisations.
In 1999 both Christianity and Youthwork were bought by Premier Media Group chairman David Heron. Every issue contains news and features relevant to Christian youth workers, plus a pull-out Resourcebox section with curriculum Adaptable Meeting Guides. The current Editor is Martin Saunders. Regular contributors to the magazine include Mike Pilavachi, Mark Oestreicher, Mark Yaconelli, Jenny Baker, Chris Curtis and Roy Crowne.
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