Seminars

Meet Our Speakers

Duffy Robbins

Duffy Robbins, seminar presenter for Understanding Your Teenager, is a twenty-four year veteran of youth ministry.

A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte 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. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Youth Ministry at Eastern College, St. Davids, PA.

Duffy is popular speaker at youth retreats, conventions, conferences and major Christian music festivals like Creation, Cornerstone, ICHTHUS, and Blackstump (Sydney, Australia). His international ministry has ranged from youth conventions and training conferences in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, South Africa and all over North America to a national pastor=s conference in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and a lectureship at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.

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 a part of the "CORE" and at the National Youth Workers Conventions each fall.

Ordained in the United Methodist Church, Duffy has been active within that denomination writing curriculum, speaking at numerous events for youth and youth workers. He is a regular contributor to Good News Magazine, a semi-monthly magazine committed to Scriptural Christianity within the United Methodist Conference.

Duffy has also written curriculum for David C. Cook Publishing and Scripture Press, as well as numerous articles for Youthworker Journal, Good News, Campus Life, Group, and Youth Teacher and Counselor and various youth ministry publications in the UK, South Africa and Australia.

Duffy is the author of numerous books including Youth Ministry That Works (Victor), 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), Spontaneous Melodramas I and II (Zondervan/Youth Specialties), Memory Makers (Zondervan/Youth Specialties) and Everyday Object Lessons (Zondervan/Youth Specialties). His most recent book is a youth ministry textbook, This Way to Youth Ministry: An Introduction to the Adventure (Zondervan/Youth Specialties).

Duffy lives in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania with his wife, Maggie. They have two daughters, Erin (now, Erin Lima) and Katie.

"Duffy Robbins is the best speaker I've ever heard. He's funny. He's real. He's down to earth. Find a seminar near you and go!"
—Joni Bumbarger, Faith Chapel United Methodist Church

"Duffy was great! His insight, illustrations and humor made the evening. Our parents want him back as soon as possible. He was great to work with—very professional. It couldn't have been much better."
—Rob Witzig, Hope Missionary Church

"Our seminar leader, Duffy Robbins, was amazing! He was honest about his own experiences as a parent, flexible, and hilarious. He made an automatic connection with the parents and youth workers! We are so thankful for this resource. It has definitely impacted out church community and our community at large."
—Rob Fisher, Chapel Hill Bible Church

"Duffy was superb! The content of the seminar was very, very helpful and Duffy presented it in an informative way, but also humorous. I laughed out loud so much, my stomach hurt! I felt like I got a lot of quality information, but I also felt like I had a great Friday night out!"
—Nancy, mother of a pre-teen, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

"I can't tell you how juch I appreciate teh love and affirmation that this seminar has for teens! While many seminars on this topic seems to have a negative tone, like 'just do the best you can do because teens are evil and raising them is hell,' your seminar is fun and positive. Duffy did a great job!"
—Dan Kulp, Farmington (New York) United Methodist Church