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Church as Incarnational Pneumatology

Last Updated September 8, 2009 by Matt Leave a Comment

The following is a section from a paper I wrote this summer for a youth ministry course. Craig Van Gelder offers a robustly theological explanation for the nature of the church that gives a glimpse of how exactly God is present through this group of human beings: In this view, the Spirit-created church lives as […]

Filed Under: Ecclesiology Tagged With: Craig Van Gelder, incarnational pneumatology, missional, Ray Anderson

The Positive Side of the One-Eared Mickey Mouse

Last Updated May 22, 2009 by Matt 7 Comments

If you’ve been in youth ministry for any length of time, you have probably heard of the one-eared Mickey Mouse (surprisingly, I couldn’t find a suitable picture online and didn’t feel like making one myself, so hopefully you are familiar with it). For years now we have spoken out against creating a separate “youth church” […]

Filed Under: Youth Ministry Tagged With: change, innovation, missional, one eared mickey mouse

The ELCA’s Brand Campaign

Last Updated April 7, 2009 by Matt 1 Comment

Last week the ELCA announced the launch of a brand campaign, which immediately caught my attention. You can view all of the ads that the ELCA will be running in various television, print, outdoor, and online advertisements by clicking here. I must say that as far as church advertisements go, these are actually pretty good. […]

Filed Under: Ecclesiology Tagged With: brand campaign, elca, missional

Marketing as an Anti-Missional Practice

Last Updated November 11, 2008 by Matt 22 Comments

In the podcast that debuted in spectacular fashion on Saturday I made the assertion that church marketing is by nature an anti-missional practice.  Mission sends people out. Marketing seeks to bring people in.  The two are at odds with one another. Makes sense, doesn’t it? So, if you want to be a missional church, cut […]

Filed Under: Ecclesiology Tagged With: church marketing, marketing, mission, missional

Best Youth Ministry Books

These are the books that will completely change the way you think about youth ministry, for the better. Links are to my reviews of each book.

Teen 2.0 by Robert Epstein

A psychologist makes you question every assumption you have about adolescence.

Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry by Andrew Root

Why build relationships? Root’s answer will surprise you.

Best Youth Ministry Books: Youth Ministry 3.0 by Mark Ostreicher

Yesterday I finally read Youth Ministry 3.0 by Mark Ostreicher, and since I’m one of the latecomers to the conversation I won’t summarize the book too much. Marko has linked to tons of reviews on his blog if you are interested in more in-depth summaries. If you are fairly in-tune with a lot of the […]

Best Youth Ministry Books: Postmodern Youth Ministry

Postmodern Youth Ministry by Tony Jones is the book I would recommend to youth ministers if they could just read one youth ministry book. I first read the book in my Foundations and Practices of Youth Ministry class at John Brown University. After the preface to the book there is a page titled, “The Day […]

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