DUFFY ROBBINS


Philadelphia



DUFFY ROBBINS


Chairman of the Department of Youth Ministry at Eastern College in PA, is a 22 year veteran in youth ministry

Duffy Robbins, Chairman of the Department of Youth Ministry at Eastern College, St. Davids, Pennsylvania, is a twenty-two year veteran of youth ministry, having gained extensive experience as a youth minister in both para-church and local parish positions. A graduate of the University of North Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Duffy graduated Magna cum laude with a Master of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts.

Duffy has spoken across the country at youth retreats and conventions, conferences, and workshops for youth workers, and at major Christian music festivals like Creation, Cornerstone, ICTHUS, and Blackstump (Sydney, Australia). His international ministry has ranged from youth conventions and training conferences in Australia, New Zealand, Europe and all over North America to a national pastors conference in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

As an associate Staff member of Youth Specialties, Duffy works throughout the year in training events for youth workers, appearing each spring in about fifteen cities coast to coast as part of the National Youth worker Resource Seminar and at the National Youth workers Conventions each fall. Duffys speaking schedule also takes him each year to several different college campuses as part of the Staley Distinguished Christian Scholars Lectureship.

Duffy has been active writing curriculum, speaking at numerous youth and Youth worker events, and serving as a consultant to the United Methodist Publishing House on issues pertaining to youth and youth ministry. Through his column, "The Next Generation," Duffy is a regular contributor to Good News Magazine, a semi-monthly magazine committed to scriptural Christianity within the United Methodist Church.

Duffy has written curriculum for David C. Cook Publishing and Scripture Press, as well as numerous articles for Youth worker Journal, Youth Worker Update, Good News, Campus Life, Group, and Youth Teacher and Counselor. His column "YO DUFFY!" is read by over 90,000 teenage guys each month in Focus on the Familys BREAKAWAY magazine.

Duffy is the author of Youth Ministry That Works (Victor), Have I Got News For You? (Zondervan), Spontaneous Melodramas (Youth Specialties), Memory Makers (Youth Specialties). Hot Talks (Zondervan/Youth Specialties), Ministry of Nurture (Zondervan/Youth Specialties), Youth Ministry Nuts and Bolts (Zondervan/Youth Specialties), Option Plays (Zondervan/Youth Specialties), and Going the Distance (Zondervan/Youth Specialties).

Duffy lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife, Maggie, and their two daughters, Erin and Katie.