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9780802867216

Amplifying Our Witness : Practice-Centered Ministry with Adolescents and Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities

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    9780802867216

  • ISBN10:

    0802867219

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-06-30
  • Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

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Author Biography

Benjamin T. Conner has worked with adolescents for twenty years and currently runs a ministry to adolescents with developmental disabilities in Williamsburg, Virginia. He has taught courses at Union Presbyterian Seminary and at Memphis Theological Seminary through the Center for Youth Ministry Training and is the author of Practicing Witness: A Missional Vision of Christian Practices (Eerdmans).

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introductionp. 1
"Life Is Liturgy"
Disconnectedp. 1
Key Concepts of the Bookp. 4
Amplifying Our Witnessp. 5
Practice-Centered Ministryp. 6
Adolescencep. 10
My Biased Perspective (as Opposed to Your Biased Perspective)p. 14
Practical Theologyp. 15
Missional Theologyp. 17
Structure of the Bookp. 18
Awakened to the Issuesp. 20
Visio Dei
Awakened to the Issuesp. 20
Emmanuel's Giftp. 21
Dissedp. 21
Labelsp. 24
"Aching Emptiness"p. 27
Spiritual Nomadsp. 31
The Need for a New Approach to Ministryp. 33
Affirming Presencep. 34
Imago Dei
"I Did It!"
"Off-Duty Image of God"p. 35
Friendshipp. 38
"Deodorant and Discipleship"p. 38
Friendship in Historical Perspectivep. 40
Unlikely Alliancesp. 41
Relationships as Sacramental, Not Instrumentalp. 42
Fireworksp. 44
Place-Sharingp. 44
Elected to Friendshipp. 46
"My Place"p. 48
Connectedp. 49
Peersp. 51
Rejection: Coping with a Lack of Markersp. 56
The Inconvenience of Friendshipp. 57
Amplifying Our Witnessp. 61
Missio Dei
From Jesters to Gesturersp. 61
Missio Deip. 62
Witnessp. 64
Professor Nathanp. 64
Iconic Witnessp. 66
Evocative Witnessp. 68
The Witness of All Creationp. 69
Friendship as a Missional Christian Practicep. 70
Advocating an Approachp. 74
Opus Dei
Opus Deip. 74
Step One: You Have to Be a Professionalp. 75
Step Two: Develop Peer Buddiesp. 76
Step Three: Make Hospitality the Context of All of Your Programsp. 78
Step Four: Partake in Gestured Practicesp. 80
Step Five: Develop a Proclamatory Programp. 83
Feeling Faithp. 84
Smelling Sanctificationp. 86
Heavenly Host(ing)p. 87
Baptism and the Lord's Supperp. 88
Step Six: Challenge Church Structuresp. 90
Epilogue: Taste and See That the Lord Is Goodp. 93
Toward a Theology of Evangelism Informed by a Life Shared with Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities
"Thank You for Bringing Me into Your Life"p. 93
A Parablep. 96
Bibliographyp. 97
Indexp. 103
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