The word urban seems simple to define—but urban teenager is anything but simple to understand and explain. Even if you re a youth worker in rural Kentucky or suburban California, you have urban students in your midst.

The days of identifying and labeling our teenagers based on where they live, what they wear, or the color of their skin are gone. Today, everybody s urban.

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Veteran youth pastors Jeffrey Wallace and Leneita Fix know there s hope. Everybody s Urban is infused with their hard-won insights into the urban youth experience, along with dozens of real-world strategies for ministering to today s teenagers.