In the trenches of local youth ministry for over a decade, Pastor Jeffrey Wallace (a.k.a. PJ) brings a fresh and relevant approach to how to develop and maintain an effective, healthy, relevant youth ministry within the local church. His straight-forward, illustrative and in-your-face style of ministry has impacted the lives of thousands of students and youth leaders around the world. His transparency, compassion for others, passion for students, love for ministry, and experience makes him an asset to the body of Christ and to leaders looking to take their ministry to the next level and beyond the box. He serves Pastor of Youth Development at Peace Baptist Church in Decatur, Georgia, where he oversees all of the Children's, Junior High, Senior High, and Young Adult Ministries. Jeffrey is the author of Urban Ministry From Start to Finish. This manual is stuffed with ideas, insights, and innovations that will add structure, excitement, and flavor to your ministry and keep your students coming back week after week. Urban Ministry From Start to Finish will help you assemble the right structure to fit the culture of your community and church, and it will empower the right leaders to fulfill your mission and to do the work of the ministry. Jeffrey is married to his wife Quovadis and they have three boys; Jeffrey, Christopher and Cameron.
