Youth ministry ~ Family ministry?
The training day Grow up! that I was running on Saturday provoked some interesting discussions. One was around the weakness of some churches in discipleship - for adults, yet alone teens.
Another strand was the role of parents in passing on faith, and even where the young person finds faith ahead of the parents. Should youth ministry become more "family centred"? Has it been to our detriment that we have separated the ages for everything?
This is very much a key issue coming from US youth ministries - people like Jim Burns and Mark DeVries (who's updated book on Family Based Youth Ministry has recently come out - must add it to my Amazon wish list!).
I've heard the perspective that the youthworkers focus on the young person - too much family stuff may muddy the waters. Maybe there's a middle way?
The training day Grow up! that I was running on Saturday provoked some interesting discussions. One was around the weakness of some churches in discipleship - for adults, yet alone teens.
Another strand was the role of parents in passing on faith, and even where the young person finds faith ahead of the parents. Should youth ministry become more "family centred"? Has it been to our detriment that we have separated the ages for everything?
This is very much a key issue coming from US youth ministries - people like Jim Burns and Mark DeVries (who's updated book on Family Based Youth Ministry has recently come out - must add it to my Amazon wish list!).
I've heard the perspective that the youthworkers focus on the young person - too much family stuff may muddy the waters. Maybe there's a middle way?
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