Raising the Bar: Ministry to Youth in the New MillenniumKregel Academic, 2002 - 208 páginas "We know how to be teenagers. We want [the church] to show us how to be adults." --Kristin, aged 17 Two-thirds of today's teens are interested in having a meaningful relationship with God, yet less than one-third of them are active in a local church. Alvin Reid--an experienced pastor, professor, evangelist, and youth ministry speaker--suggests these statistics are more an indictment of the way the church does youth ministry than of the teens they try to reach. Today's generation of teens, the Millennial generation, is marked by teamwork, authenticity, and a "can-do" attitude. They are much more than kids finishing childhood--a perspective many in the church have and that drives what often happens in youth group--they are young adults with incredible potential who need to learn how to be Christian adults. This compelling book provides an impassioned plea for the church to set a higher standard; to reinvent the fundamental ways we have ministered to teens and their families. Author is a recognized authority and sought-after speaker on youth ministryViews teens positively, but not naivelyEncourages and shows youth ministers and workers how to have a biblically successful ministryWritten with passion and expert knowledge |
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... spent bouncing ideas off people like Voddie Baucham ; Jeff Pratt of InQuest Ministries ; Vince Pienski , the youth pastor at our church ; and many others . My students at Southeast- ern and hundreds of churches where I've ministered ...
... spending much of my time in churches , at camps , and in conferences , speaking annually to thousands of teens . Below are a few observations I've garnered about the cultural environ- ment in which the Millennials were born : 1. They ...
... me- dia chatter about bad kids . . . . To believe the news , you'd sup- pose our schools are full of kids who can't read in the classroom , shoot one another in the hallways , spend their loose Meet the Millennials 29.
... spend their loose change on tongue rings , and couldn't care less who runs the country . This sounds like not only the media depiction of youth , it also sounds like the attitude of parents and others talking about the youth at church ...
... Baptist went to Argentina to spend a year in mission service . Why ? Because they were challenged . Barna concurs : " In their ruminations about meaning , pur- pose and direction , one of the encouraging results is 34 RAISING THE BAR.
Contenido
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A Doubleedged Sword | 73 |
REINVENTING YOUTH MINISTRY | 85 |
Authentic Worship | 133 |
Its Time to Grow Up | 153 |
Meanwhile Back at the Church | 171 |
A Radical Challenge | 193 |
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Raising the Bar: Ministry to Youth in the New Millennium Alvin L. Reid Sin vista previa disponible - 2004 |
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