Product Description

This book delineates four distinct philosophical/ecclesiological views of how youth ministry relates to the church at large.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #575672 in Books
• Published on: 2001-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

From the Back Cover
Join the conversation as experts propose, defend, and explore Four Views of Youth Ministry and the Church

In a dialog that often gets downright feisty, four youth ministry academicians delineate their distinct philosophical and ecclesiological views regarding how youth ministry relates to the church at large--and leave a taste of what’s profound and what’s not in these four typologies:

Inclusive congregational (Malan Nel). What happens when a church thoroughly integrates its adolescents, making them full partners in every aspect of congregational life?

Preparatory (Wesley Black). Why and how should a church consider its teenagers as disciples-in-training and its youth ministry a school of preparation for future participation in church life?

Missional (Chap Clark). What does a church look like, whose youth ministry does not necessarily nurture "church kids" but is essentially evangelistic? Whose youths and youth workers are considered missionaries?

Strategic (Mark Senter). How feasible is it for a youth ministry to become a new church on its own--the youth pastor becoming the pastor, and the new church planted with the blessing of the mother church?

In Four View of Your Ministry and the Church, solid academic writing and an inviting tone and design create a compelling text for both in-the-field, practicing youth workers and undergraduates and graduate students.

About the Author
Wesley Black is professor and department chair of youth and student ministries at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.;Chapman Clark, associate professor of youth and family at Fuller Theological Seminary, is coordinator of youth and family ministry for Glendale Presbyterian Church.;Malan Nel is professor of youth Ministry and Christian education at Vista University in South Africa.