Youth Ministry: About Youth?

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monique C.H. van Dijk-Groeneboer
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Youth Ministry ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Institutional Commitment ◽  
Religious Institute ◽  
Different Types

Values, religion and institutional commitment of young people are changing in a secularised country such as the Netherlands. Different types of young people can be defined, based on their ways of belonging and on their measure of belief, i.e.: to what extent are they connected to a religious institute and to what extent are they actively involved with religion in forming their identity? Youth ministry can be geared towards different types of youth, when realising that not only the ‘Fortissimos’ are to be inspired. This article presents conducted research on the values and religion of young people, as well as an example of youth ministry in the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands.

scholarly journals Church Growth in Times of Secularization: A Case Study of People Joining Evangelical Congregations in the Netherlands

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Vermeer ◽  
Peer Scheepers
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Church Growth ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Religious Orientation ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Protestant Churches ◽  
The People ◽  
The One

AbstractBackground: Today the Dutch religious landscape is characterized by two opposite trends. On the one hand, there is a massive and dominant trend of religious disaffiliation which mostly affects the Roman Catholic Church and the mainline Protestant churches, while on the other hand the Netherlands also witnesses the emergence of several independent, evangelical congregations of near megachurch size. Purpose: Against the background of these opposite trends, this paper focuses on the second trend and tries to explain why some people join an evangelical congregation. Methods: For this purpose, quantitative data gathered among the audiences of six thriving evangelical congregations are analyzed in view of the following research questions: (1) What was the previous religious affiliation of the people who switched or converted to one of the six participating evangelical congregations? and (2) Which factors induced the switch or conversion to these congregations? Results: Results of bivariate and multivariate analyses show that these congregations attract both mainline and orthodox Protestant switchers as well as a significant number of secular converts, whose decision to join these evangelical congregations is induced by early socialization experiences, their intrinsic religious orientation and the switching of their partner. Closer scrutiny into the background of the apparent secular converts reveals, however, that several of these converts are probably re-affiliates. Although these secular converts indicated to be a religious none in their early teens, their conversion to evangelicalism is in part still induced by certain, early religious socialization experiences. Conclusions and Implications: This insight puts the alleged success of these evangelical congregations in more perspective. It shows that their success is more a matter of circulating, religious believers and not so much a matter of successfully reaching out to the unchurched. In all likelihood, then, thriving evangelical congregations will remain an exception in secular societies like the Netherlands and evangelical church growth in no way marks a break with the ongoing trend of religious disaffiliation.

scholarly journals How Pope Pius IX Stimulated 'Pillarization' in the Netherlands

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 162-166
Author(s):  
Hans Knippenberg
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
Multicultural Society ◽  
Pius Ix ◽  
Pope Pius Ix ◽  
The Church

In 1853 an important step in the development of the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands was set. On initiative of the Vatican and despite vehement resistance of the orthodox Protestant part of the population (known as the April-movement), the episcopal hierarchy in the church was restored. By choosing Utrecht in the heart of the protestant Netherlands and not Den Bosch in the Catholic South of the country as the seat of the new archbishop, the Vatican practised an offensive, national strategy. Unintendedly, the Papal choice for Utrecht contributed to the later on development of the non-territorial, personalistic solution for the Dutch multicultural society at that time: the verzuiling.

Seven Propositions on Sacramental Youth Catechesis in the Roman-Catholic Church

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-63
Author(s):  
Erlinde De Lange ◽  
Bert Roebben
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Present Contribution ◽  
Catholic Theology ◽  
Starting Point

The present contribution intends to formulate seven propositions on sacramental youth catechesis that can be considered viable for the future of religious congregations. Its starting point is the humanisation of the young person in a Christian perspective in confrontation with the dynamics of Roman-Catholic sacraments. The research question is this: How can these sacraments still function and inspire young people in a modernized society? The propositions are rooted in modern Roman-Catholic theology and constitute a platform for discussion designed to explore the limits and possibilities of catechesis in Flanders and the Netherlands (Western-Europe). The ultimate challenge is to cope with the dialectic between the religious homelessness of young people on the one hand and the narrative and sacramental richness of the Christian tradition on the other. These propositions were generated in the confrontation between well-considered praxis (De Lange) and practical-theological research (Roebben).

Journeying Towards Multiculturalism? The Relationship between Immigrant Christians and Dutch Indigenous Churches

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha Th. Frederiks ◽  
Nienke Pruiksma
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Multicultural Society ◽  
Protestant Church ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractDue to globalisation and migration western Europe has become home to adherents of many different religions. This article focuses on one aspect of the changes on the religious scene; it investigates in what way immigration—and Christian immigrant religiosity particularly—has affected the structure and identity of the Dutch Roman Catholic Church and the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. We argue that the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands has been able to accommodate a substantial group of immigrants whilst the PCN seems to encounter more problems responding to the increasingly multicultural society. We conclude that both churches, however, in structure and theology, remain largely unaffected by the influx of immigrant Christians.

Fluid Religion in Liquid Age? De/Traditionalization and its implications for Youth ministry in the Czech Republic

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-77
Author(s):  
František Štĕch
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Youth Ministry ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Contemporary Culture ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Common Framework ◽  
The Common

Using the common framework of contemporary culture as liquid or fluid times. This article looks specifically at Czech sociologists of religion and the domestic religious situation in the Czech Republic. It draws upon empirical work into traditionalization and de-traditionalization within the Roman Catholic Church and illustrates that these phenomena pose crucial questions for the shape and form of Roman Catholic youth ministry and youth work in this context. my country today. Proposals are made to address some of these challenges.

scholarly journals Bierzmowanie - sakrament chrześcijańskiej dojrzałości, czy pożegnania z Kościołem?

2008 ◽  
Vol 51 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 209-225
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Janczewski
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
Children In The Middle ◽  
The Church

In the beginning of the Church the confirmation was one – same ceremony with the baptism and the Eucharist. It was the rite of come in the Church. Sometimes the confirmation was received whole families, with their children. In the middle century in the Roman Catholic Church those sacrament was giving to the children in “perfectae aetatis” who was 7 year old. In the XX century in Poland the age of confirmation was near 10 year old. After II Vatican Council the Episcopal Conference has decided on a different age. In Poland those age is 15-16 year old. But some of bishops would like to change this age to higher, because (like some people think) a young people must to be more maturity to received the confirmation. Now some of youth after the confirmation finish their religions education in the school, and leave the Church. Author of article think, that they need the grace of sacrament of confirmation in the age more early (before attain age of manhood and womanhood), to help them to keep their faith.

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