Welcome to Exemplarym.com Presented by Luther Seminary  

The Exemplary Youth Ministry Study was a national study of congregations in seven denominations funded by the Lily foundation and completed in 2003. This site is dedicated to share its learnings and encourage the practice of exemplary youth ministry in every church. 

This website is desgned to serve as a library for the central accessiblity of all Exemplary Youth Ministry documents.

Here you'll access the results of the Exemplar Youth Ministry, and also discover how churches all over the world are using the working insights of the EYM study to change the culture of youth ministry in quite varied settings.  

All users must register to access the documents.  Simply follow the links to the right to register. Once you are registered and signed in, then you will see the Documents tab and Articles tabs on the top navigation bar.  These two sections of our site are where you will find the rich content of the  Exemplar Youth Ministry Study

To further explore the framwork and the data from the original Exemplar Youth Ministry Study, Click on the Documents tab. There you will be able to access all of the original study results from the EYM study.  

To read articles and find tools for exploring how to apply EYM insights to a variety of church settings, just click the Articles tab.  

In addition, to access current conversation, news and blog posts from people who are living and working EYM insights in ministry, become a fan of our facebook page:  

 Thank you for becoming a part of the EYM community!