January 2007 Kara Powell asks Curt Gibson, Pastor of Neighborhood Student Mentoring at the Lake Avenue Community Foundation in Pasadena, about applying insights from Search Institute's 40 Developmental Assets to outreach-based holistic ministry among urban youth.
Kara Powell, PhD, is the Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) and a faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary. As a youth ministry veteran of over 20 years, she serves as an Advisor to Youth Specialties and is the author or co-author of a number of books including Sticky Faith, Essential Leadership, Deep Justice Journeys, Deep Justice in a Broken World, Deep Ministry in a Shallow World, and the Good Sex Youth Ministry Curriculum.