Adoptive Youth Ministry (Youth, Family, and Culture)

Adoptive Youth Ministry (Youth, Family, and Culture)
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Publisher : Baker Academic
Total Pages : 539
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ISBN-10 : 9781493400072
ISBN-13 : 149340007X
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Adoptive Youth Ministry (Youth, Family, and Culture) by : Chap Clark

Kids desperately need healthy, committed adults who can help them thrive in their faith and become active participants in the life of the church. This requires the efforts of the whole faith community. Chap Clark, one of the leading voices in youth ministry today, brings together twenty-four experts from a variety of denominations and traditions to offer a comprehensive introduction to adoptive youth ministry, a theologically driven, academically grounded, and practical youth ministry model. The book shows readers how to integrate emerging generations into the family of faith, helping young adults become active participants in God's redemptive community.

Adoptive Church

Adoptive Church
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Publisher : Baker Academic
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0801098920
ISBN-13 : 9780801098925
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Adoptive Church by : Chap Clark

Outreach 2019 Recommended Resource of the Year (Youth and Children) Teens and emerging adults don't feel at home in the church because they are not fully included in the church body. How can congregations nurture young adults, welcome them as siblings into God's household, and empower them to become fully embedded contributors within and to their faith community? Integrating the latest research on adolescent faith and young adult ministry for the local church, this book presents a new way of thinking about youth ministry. Chap Clark offers today's youth leaders highly practical principles based on his extensive experience, showing how they can implement a sustainable youth ministry program in their local church. He presents the adoptive youth ministry model as a way to help congregations see youth ministry as a bridge to inclusion, participation, and contribution in the body of Christ. Clark's comprehensive plan for designing and implementing youth ministry shows churches how to intentionally welcome young people and create an environment where they belong.

Youth Ministry in the 21st Century (Youth, Family, and Culture)

Youth Ministry in the 21st Century (Youth, Family, and Culture)
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Publisher : Baker Academic
Total Pages : 290
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ISBN-10 : 9781441227881
ISBN-13 : 1441227881
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis Youth Ministry in the 21st Century (Youth, Family, and Culture) by : Chap Clark

There are many philosophies and strategies that drive today's youth ministry. To most people, they are variations on a single goal: to make faithful disciples of young people. However, digging deeper into various programs, books, and concepts reveals substantive differences among approaches. Bestselling author Chap Clark is one of the leading voices in youth ministry today. In this multiview work, he brings together a diverse group of leaders to present major views on youth ministry. Chapters are written in essay/response fashion by Fernando Arzola, Greg Stier, Ron Hunter, Brian Cosby, and Chap Clark. As the contributors present their views and respond to each of the other views, they discuss their task and calling, giving readers the resources they need to develop their own approach to youth ministry. Offering a model of critical thinking and respectful dialogue, this volume provides a balanced, irenic approach to a topic with which every church wrestles.

OMG

OMG
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Publisher : Abingdon Press
Total Pages : 297
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ISBN-10 : 9781426700088
ISBN-13 : 1426700083
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis OMG by : Kenda Creasy Dean

Today's youth ministry is tomorrow's mainstream theology

Adoptive Church (Youth, Family, and Culture)

Adoptive Church (Youth, Family, and Culture)
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Publisher : Baker Academic
Total Pages : 158
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ISBN-10 : 9781493415625
ISBN-13 : 149341562X
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Adoptive Church (Youth, Family, and Culture) by : Chap Clark

Teens and emerging adults don't feel at home in the church because they are not fully included in the church body. How can congregations nurture young adults, welcome them as siblings into God's household, and empower them to become fully embedded contributors within and to their faith community? Integrating the latest research on adolescent faith and young adult ministry for the local church, this book presents a new way of thinking about youth ministry. Chap Clark offers today's youth leaders highly practical principles based on his extensive experience, showing how they can implement a sustainable youth ministry program in their local church. He presents the adoptive youth ministry model as a way to help congregations see youth ministry as a bridge to inclusion, participation, and contribution in the body of Christ. Clark's comprehensive plan for designing and implementing youth ministry shows churches how to intentionally welcome young people and create an environment where they belong.

The Youth Worker's Handbook to Family Ministry

The Youth Worker's Handbook to Family Ministry
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Publisher : Zondervan Publishing Company
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0310220254
ISBN-13 : 9780310220251
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis The Youth Worker's Handbook to Family Ministry by : Chap Clark

Teens today are a product of families much different from those 30 years ago. Home life is shaped by dual wage-earning parents, skyrocketing educational costs, blended families, and other concerns. For youth workers who know the importance of factoring their teens' families into the youth ministry equation, here at last is a comprehensive guidebook. Chap Clark offers highly useful information for involving teens in the church family and for custom-designing a family ministry program. This hands-on book offers to-the-point explanations of every aspect of family ministry. Its wide margins encourage note-taking. It provides a wealth of specific tools and ideas. And it's replete with quotes and statistics that can be used in parent seminars, retreats, and other events described in the book.

Youth Ministry

Youth Ministry
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Publisher : AOSIS
Total Pages : 442
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ISBN-10 : 9781928396543
ISBN-13 : 1928396542
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Youth Ministry by : Malan Nel

This book aims at contributing to the scientific and academic discourse as regards to the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of youth ministry. Too often, youth ministry has been approached from a mainly practical point of view, almost asking how we keep young people off the streets. Its methodology has often not included the theological and theoretical presuppositions that lie behind this ministry. Previous scientific reflection has been determined by a one-dimensional and almost exclusive point of view. In comparison with existing literature, this book does not focus so much on the ‘how’ of youth ministry. It innovates a different approach. The book challenges the existing exclusive approach and develops an inclusive, congregational and missional understanding of and approach to youth ministry. From a particular perspective on the understanding the main objectives of Practical Theology, the author endorses the so-called movement of ‘what is supposed to be going on’. He adds the outcome of an empirical round table discussion with some 16 leaders in this field on the descriptive and interpretive movements within the subject field: what is going on and why is it going on? The book will form the standard for any new research with regard to youth ministry. The book’s contribution lies on the level of sound theological reasoning and argumentation (supported by many scholars) for an inclusive congregational understanding of ministry as an integral part of every congregation being missional in being and doing. Youth, children, adolescents and emerging adults, are just as integral a part of every congregation within which they live and serve.

Wide-Awake in God’s World

Wide-Awake in God’s World
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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 9781725274587
ISBN-13 : 1725274582
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Wide-Awake in God’s World by : Graham D. Stanton

In an expressivist culture, effective engagement must acknowledge teenagers' freedom to choose their own spiritual path. Yet, in an evangelical theology, faithful formation must hold on to biblical authority. As we seek to engage young people with the Bible, key questions need to be explored. Such questions include: how can pedagogical freedom be affirmed without undermining theological authority; and how can authority be asserted without diminishing personal freedom? This study explores a freedom-authority dialectic in theological dialogue with the educational philosophy of Maxine Greene. Greene's reflection on the arts and the imagination are brought into conversation with insights from Charles Taylor, Garret Green, and Nicholas Wolterstorff. As a work of practical theology, the book concludes with a framework to shape the purpose, content, and values for Bible engagement in contemporary youth ministry.

Not Done Yet

Not Done Yet
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Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Total Pages : 261
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ISBN-10 : 9780830841974
ISBN-13 : 0830841970
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis Not Done Yet by : Beth Seversen

Nones claim no religion. Dones have become disillusioned and left the church. While many emerging adults fall in these camps, many are tossing aside these labels and embracing a transformative Christian faith. Based on her extensive research, Beth Seversen outlines a model for how to engage and retain millennials and Generation Z in the life of the local church.

Australian Evangelical Perspectives on Youth Ministry

Australian Evangelical Perspectives on Youth Ministry
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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages : 247
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ISBN-10 : 9798385203857
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Australian Evangelical Perspectives on Youth Ministry by : Ruth Lukabyo

This book is a unique contribution to the study of children’s and youth ministry, displaying the rich theological thinking that is developing amongst Australian evangelical scholars. Many of the writers have previously presented at the Youthworks “House” conference, which promotes “theological reflection for best practice in youth and children’s ministry in a community of youth and children’s ministers.” The themes explored in this book are vitally important to pastors seeking to nurture young people as disciples of Jesus. Thirteen evangelical scholars answer questions such as: How can biblical theology shape a young person’s view of themselves? What is the biblical definition of church and how does this shape our understanding of intergenerational gatherings, family, and community? How should young Christians interact with the culture around them? And how do biblical teachings on sin, grace, and wisdom provide young people with the resources to live in today’s world? You will be challenged to reconsider how theology and exegetical study of the Bible can mold your priorities, principles, and presumptions as you exercise ministry to and with young people.