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Neo-Youth Ministry Interlude

Last Updated November 16, 2007 by Matt 2 Comments

Sorry to interrupt the regularly-scheduled Neo-Youth Ministry Series programming, but I wanted to address something about the series. You may notice I don’t talk about the Bible much in these posts. There is a reason for that. Quite simply, I’m trying to keep my posts fairly short. I want these to be able to be […]

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Kevin Vanhoozer on Youth Ministry

Last Updated September 22, 2007 by Matt 1 Comment

Okay, well, he doesn’t exactly comment on youth ministry. But in an interview at The Exiled Preacher, Vanhoozer is asked about the pastor’s task as theologian. I’ve argued elsewhere that a youth minister has a similar theological responsibility, and think there are obvious parallels. Guy Davies: In the Drama of Doctrine, you suggested that the […]

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Neo-Youth Ministry Part 9: The Youth Minister as Interpreter and Synthesizer

Last Updated September 21, 2007 by Matt 1 Comment

This entry is part 10 of 13 in the series Neo-Youth Ministry

Flowing out of all of the other roles of a Neo-Youth Minister (especially theologian, pastor, prophet, and spiritual director), a Neo-Youth Minister must be an interpreter. By this, I mean that the youth minister must be skilled in interpreting the following realms: Culture. A Neo-Youth Minister must be able to make sense and extract meaning […]

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Neo-Youth Ministry Part 5: The Youth Minister as Pastor

Last Updated May 25, 2007 by Matt 1 Comment

This entry is part 6 of 13 in the series Neo-Youth Ministry

While many full-time youth workers carry the title of “Youth Pastor” I wonder how many take the role of “pastor” seriously. If we are going to forge a new, authentic way of doing youth ministry, then the youth minister must take seriously their role in the pastoral care of the congregation. I believe that some […]

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Neo-Youth Ministry Part 4: The Youth Minister as Theologian

Last Updated February 26, 2007 by Matt 4 Comments

This entry is part 5 of 13 in the series Neo-Youth Ministry

I have to admit, I may be a little biased with this first attribute of a youth minister able to transition towards a Neo-Youth Ministry. During my junior year of college, I gave consideration to going into the world of academics and heading straight for seminary (and a subsequent Ph.D.) after undergrad. But my wife […]

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Neo-Youth Ministry Part 3: The Youth Minister

Last Updated February 22, 2007 by Matt 1 Comment

This entry is part 4 of 13 in the series Neo-Youth Ministry

Having given some attention to the actual term youth ministry, we now turn to the role of the youth minister (or pastor or director, whatever the exact title may be). Before diving into what might be the role of the youth minister within a Neo-Youth Ministry, some things need to be said in regard to […]

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Neo-Youth Ministry Part 2: “Ministry”

Last Updated February 17, 2007 by Matt Leave a Comment

This entry is part 3 of 13 in the series Neo-Youth Ministry

Continuing to examine the term youth ministry, we now turn to the word ministry. This will probably be a fairly brief post, since I don’t have any real training in Greek. My interest in the term ministry is that it appears that in popular usage it is taken to mean a specific Christian program or […]

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Neo-Youth Ministry Part 1: “Youth”

Last Updated February 11, 2007 by Matt Leave a Comment

This entry is part 2 of 13 in the series Neo-Youth Ministry

In order to begin to re-think what it might mean to do youth ministry, to formulate a Neo-Youth Ministry, we should probably start out by coming to grips with the term “youth ministry”. To begin, I’ll be examining the word “youth”. “Youth”, as it is defined in most church ministry contexts refers to students in […]

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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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