Four Views of Youth Ministry and the Church : Inclusive Congregational, Preparatory, Missional, Strategic

by Mark H. Senter III, General Editor, Wesley Black, Chap Clark, and Malan Nel

• ISBN13: 9780310234050
• ISBN10: 0310234050
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Zondervan

Summary

Join the conversation as experts propose, defend, and explore Four Views of Youth Ministry and the Church. In a dialog that often gets downright feisty, four youth ministry academicians delineate their distinct philosophical and ecclesiological views regarding how youth ministry relates to the church at large--and leave a taste of what's profound and what's not in these four typologies: Inclusive congregational (Malan Nel). What happens when a church thoroughly integrates its adolescents, making them full partners in every aspect of congregational life? Preparatory (Wesley Black). Why and how should a church consider its teenagers as disciples-in-training and its youth ministry a school of preparation for future participation in church life? Missional (Chap Clark). What does a church look like, whose youth ministry does not necessarily nurture "church kids" but is essentially evangelistic? Whose youths and youth workers are considered missionaries? Strategic (Mark Senter). How feasible is it for a youth ministry to become a new church on its own--the youth pastor becoming the pastor, and the new church planted with the blessing of the mother church? In Four View of Your Ministry and the Church, solid academic writing and an inviting tone and design create a compelling text for both in-the-field, practicing youth workers and undergraduates and graduate students.

Table of Contents

About the Authors	vi
Acknowledgments	viii
Of Churches, Youth Groups, and Spiritual Readness: The Context of the Debate	ix
Mark H. Senter III
The Inclusive Congregational Approach to Youth Ministry	1	(38)
Malan Nel
Response from a Preparatory Perspective	23	(4)
Wesley Black
Response from a Missional perspective	27	(4)
Chap Clark
Response from a Strategic Perspective	31	(4)
Mark H. Senter III
Rejoinder	35	(4)
Malan Nel
The Preparatory Approach to Youth Ministry	39	(38)
Wesley Black
Response from an Inclusive Congregational perspective	61	(3)
Malan Nel
Response from a Missional perspective	64	(3)
Chap Clark
Response from a Strategic perspective	67	(4)
Mark H. Senter III
Rejoinder	71	(6)
Wesley Black
The Missional Approach to Youth Ministry	77	(36)
Chap Clark
Response from an Inclusive Congregational perspective	97	(3)
Malan Nel
Response from a Preparatory perspective	100	(4)
Wesley Black
Response from a Strategic Perspective	104	(5)
Mark H. Senter III
Rejoinder	109	(4)
Chap Clark
The Strategic Approach to Youth Ministry	113	(40)
Mark H. Senter III
Response from an Inclusive Congregational perspective	136	(3)
Malan Nel
Response from a Preparatory perspective	139	(5)
Wesley Black
Response from a Missional perspective	144	(4)
Chap Clark
Rejoinder	148	(5)
Mark H. Senter III
Epilogue: An Open Letter to the Church	153	(7)
Mark H. Senter III
Index	160