scholarly journals Organisational Strategies to Bridge the Theological Language Gap

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-24
Author(s):  
Stephie The-Mertens
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Youth Ministry ◽  
Youth Work ◽  
Religious Orders ◽  
Ministry Practice ◽  
Theological Language ◽  
Gospel Message

(Theological) language is an important theme in youth ministry. Conveying the Gospel message entails making it accessible and understandable to young people. Thus, it is important to bridge the theological language gap that can exist between organisers and young people in New Ecclesial Movements (nems), movements associated with religious orders, and general youth ministry practice. By describing aspects of nems and Catholic youth ministry in the Netherlands, introducing the theological language gap and presenting early findings of a Franciscan Youth Work case study, this article proposes four organisational strategies to bridge the gap.

scholarly journals The career youth pastor: A contemporary reflection

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Garth Aziz ◽  
Malan Nel ◽  
Ronnie Davis
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
Youth Ministry ◽  
Youth Work ◽  
Similar Amount ◽  
Youth Worker ◽  
Youth Pastor ◽  
Practical Theological ◽  
Theological Argument ◽  
To Receive

There has been an increase of discussion and focus on matters of theological significance in the area of youth ministry. An area that remains neglected concerns the professional youth worker in Southern Africa. This focus on professional youth work has gained a great amount of urgency from the office of the presidency of Southern Africa, who in collaboration with the Commonwealth desk have prioritised the focus on youth work in South Africa. Unfortunately, the focus on the professional youth worker, the career youth pastor, within the church in Southern Africa fails to receive a similar amount of attention. The article will highlight the need to pursue a theological articulation around the office of the career youth pastor by building a practical theological argument for the office of career youth pastor. The article will address a case study of a mainline evangelical denomination regarding its theological articulation of the career youth pastor.

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.

Educating youth ministers in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney; John Kidson and the Youthworkers Course

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Ruth Lukabyo
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Youth Ministry ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Educational Model ◽  
Youth Ministers ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Counter Culture ◽  
The Church

Abstract This study is a historical analysis of the education of youth ministers in the Anglican diocese of Sydney in the 1970s and 1980s. John Kidson ran the Youthworkers Course with the goal of educating professional, specialised youth ministers that could evangelise young people who were influenced by the counter-culture and increasingly disengaged from the church. Kidson used a distinctive educational model that emphasised relational outreach, transformative community, praxis, and the importance of the Bible. His goal was only partially met. He trained youth ministers that were able to communicate with and evangelise non-churched youth, but there were small numbers being trained, and few remained in youth ministry in the long-term. The Youthworkers Course and its strengths and weaknesses can be used as a case study for churches and colleges today as they consider the best way to educate youth ministers.

Can the Christian gospel speak to the experience of young people today?

2004 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-54
Author(s):  
Andy Goodliff
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Youth Ministry ◽  
Theological Language ◽  
People Today

Soteriology is at the heart of all Christian ministry. Soteriology underpins all effective Christian youth ministry. In this article, Andy Goodliff explores traditional and contemporary models of soteriology in an attempt to find a theological language that speaks to young people today.

Catholic Youth Ministry between 1896 and Today

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-199
Author(s):  
Patrik C. Höring
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Youth Ministry ◽  
Youth Work ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Central Characteristic

Abstract The involvement (participation) of young people is the central characteristic of youth work in Germany. Where does this approach come from? And what role does it play in practice today? The following article gives a short introduction into youth work in Germany and traces how the idea of participation has developed in Catholic youth associations and what demands and challenges it poses in practice today.

Responding to structural and symbolic violence: a comparative case study

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Seal ◽  
Pete Harris
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Structural Violence ◽  
Symbolic Violence ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Youth Work

In the chapter, the authors identify how workers in London are struggling to combat dominant modes of structural violence and then details a street-based youth work project in Graz, Austria that specifically targets symbolic and structural violence directed at young people in public space, through the use of symbolic acts of resistance.

scholarly journals In the ‘h200d’: Crips and the intersection between space and identity in the Netherlands

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A Roks
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Spatial Practices ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Hague ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

Since the early 1990s, there have been reports in the Netherlands of groups of youngsters calling themselves Crips and Bloods. In this article, I will focus on the case of the Dutch Rollin 200 Crips from the city of The Hague, drawing on three years of fieldwork (2011–2013) in a small neighbourhood that this Dutch ‘gang’ claims as their ‘h200d’. The history of the Rollin 200 Crips shows their deeply rooted connection to the locality, whilst the influences from global street and gang cultures simultaneously resonates in both the name of the gang and their street spatial practices. By looking at the ways these Dutch Crips engage in acts of territoriality, I want to build on Ilan’s (2013: 5–7; 2015: 75) and Fraser’s (2013, 2015) observations that there is a need to revisit some of the assumptions that underpin the understanding of street spatial practices and specifically the way young people understand and construct space and identity. This case study highlights the interconnection between space and identity, both in terms of how the gang identity of these Dutch Crips influences their usage of space, but also how space is used in the construction of personal identities.

Enacted Faith, Youth Ministry and Theological Shorthand

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Youth Ministry ◽  
Christian Tradition ◽  
Youth Ministers ◽  
Being There ◽  
Youth Minister ◽  
Ministry Practice ◽  
The Church

Theological shorthand is expressed through the words: relationships, like Jesus, being there, and time and journey. These words articulate a complex and nuanced practice that carry and communicate the Gospel and faith of youth ministers amongst young people. When examined, the practice of youth ministers resonate with echoes of theology from the Christian tradition, yet this is not overtly expressed. The theological shorthand articulation can be seen as ‘thin’ theology, with practice based on being like Jesus and the youth minister as symbol. Current youth ministry practice can be seen to be guided by the normative voice of the literature on youth ministry. Through these, practice has the potential to be limited theologically and risks un-tethering youth ministry from the church and wider Christian tradition.

The relation between Parachurch Youth Organisations and the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN)

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zonne Erna
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Youth Ministry ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Protestant Church ◽  
Life Orientation ◽  
Qualitative Empirical Research ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship

This paper assesses the relationship between parachurch organisations and local congregations with respect to the life orientation and religious education that youth ministry provides young people within these congregations ..Using data from qualitative empirical research the ways in which the partners in this venture relate. is analysed from sociological and theological perspectives on ecclesiology. This analysis suggests that a division of labour is at the same time a demonstration of ecclesial unity.

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