What Is the Role of Teens in Your Church?

by Kunjufu, Jawanza

• ISBN13: 9781934155493
• ISBN10: 1934155497
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-05-01
• Publisher: African American Images

Summary

Exploring the reasons why more than 70 percent of teens stop going to church when they reach adulthood, this impassioned proposal outlines ways that churches can retain their youth populations by giving them opportunities to take on leadership responsibility. Difficult questions, meant to foster self-exploration and self-evaluation within the community, include Are we discriminating against youth?and Do youth feel empowered in our church?Congregations and church leaders are encouraged to take a look at the effort they make to engage teens in terms of budget, space, and programs and to implement methods for increasing this effort and increasing teen involvement. This analysis of religious communities also illustrates models of churches that are utilizing teens in leadership positions and uses these models to propose and advocate a whole new paradigm for the role of youth in the church.

Author Biography

Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu is an educational consultant, seminary teacher, and the author of more than 30 books, including Adam! Where Are You?, Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys, Developing Strong Male Ministries, and the bestselling Raising Black Boys. He lives in Chicago.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. v
What Does the Bible Say?	p. 1
Trends	p. 7
Framework	p. 13
The Current State of the Church	p. 41
The Current State of Teen Ministry	p. 57
Youth Pastors	p. 69
Parents	p. 83
Teen Empowerment Model	p. 101
New Wine, New Wineskins	p. 131
Afterword	p. 137
Endnotes	p. 138
Bibliography	p. 142
Notes	p. 145
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