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# Doug Fields’ 10 Commitments for Youth Workers
- URL: https://thepulse.org/en/10-commitments-for-youth-workers/
- Published: 2008-08-11T09:00:11.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T08:51:04.000Z
- Description: Before the first event and the first talk comes a different question: who do you want to be? Doug Fields opens his guide for new youth workers with ten personal commitments.
- Author: Andy Fronius
- Tags: Articles, #target-leaders, #topic-leadership

Before you plan your first event or write your first talk, Doug Fields wants you to settle a different question: who do you want to be as a youth worker? His book *Your First Two Years in Youth Ministry* (Zondervan, 2002) opens with ten personal commitments that he challenges every new youth pastor and key volunteer to make. Each one is tied to a Bible passage, from Proverbs to Philippians.

They aren’t techniques. They’re about pace, motives and character: not rushing into changes, not measuring yourself by attendance or by other ministries, setting priorities, serving instead of waiting to be served, staying teachable and learning to be content. These principles matter in every ministry of the church, not only with teenagers.

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****The book:** [Your First Two Years in Youth Ministry: A Personal and Practical Guide to Starting Right](https://zondervanacademic.com/products/your-first-two-years-in-youth-ministry?ref=thepulse.org) by Doug Fields (Zondervan). In German, it was published as **Abenteuer Jugendarbeit*.

It’s worth taking time again and again to reflect on what you’ve done and what lies ahead, and to put these principles into practice in your life.

*Pulse first shared Doug Fields’ ten commitments* [in German](https://thepulse.org/de/10-grundsatze-fur-jugendmitarbeiter/?ref=thepulse.org)*.*

*English version: October 2026*

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