By Brad M. Griffin, David Livermore, and Kara Powell | March 7, 2007
Many of us assume that we “get” short-term missions work and its impact on our students. After all, we’ve led plenty of trips on which students experience transformation, right? Perhaps; or perhaps not. FYI recently co-hosted a Think Tank of short-term mission exemplars—youth workers and organizational leaders—to assess the current landscape of short-term missions effectiveness and to survey its future. This article looks at a few of the findings from that gathering.
By J. R. Rozko | March 7, 2007
Few of us actually think suburban kids live risk-free lives, but most of what we hear about “at-risk” relates to kids who live in urban areas, in deep poverty, or in obviously harsh family environments. This article looks deeper into the oppressive forces impacting the lives of suburban kids—no less real or oppressive, but perhaps less obvious.
By Kara Powell and Pam King | March 7, 2007
When you look at the students around you, what do you tend to see—their potential or their hindrances? Their advances or their setbacks? This second report from our Urban Youth Workers in America (UYWA) study takes a closer look at the “full-ness” and “empty-ness” of both urban kids and non-urban kids.
By FYI | March 1, 2007
- Chap Clark audio
- Short-Term Missions
- Holistic Ministry
- A new look at evangelism and conversion
- Suburban oppression
By Brad M. Griffin | February 28, 2007
“Conversion” and “evangelism” are words we often throw around in ministry without really stopping to consider what we mean and what we are attempting when we use them. Looking at two different approaches to conversion research might help us think more carefully about how we—and the students we serve—see the roles of both story and process in evangelism.
By Kimberly Williams | January 10, 2007
No one is immune to loss – most of us know that all too well. But do we really know how to effectively deal with the losses that we and the students in our ministries experience? We hope this resource will help you gain research-based tools for helping kids walk through loss with “good” grief.
By Kara Powell | January 8, 2007
Kara Powell asks Curt Gibson, Pastor of Neighborhood Student Mentoring at the Lake Avenue Community Foundation in Pasadena, about applying insights from Search Institute’s 40 Developmental Assets to outreach-based holistic ministry among urban youth.
By Mark Maines | January 4, 2007
Many of us would agree that the forms of typical youth ministry are in need of change. But towards what new forms are we turning in order to have greater transforming impact in students’ lives? Mark Maines offers an integrated asset-based model as one opportunity for re-forming our ministries in a holistic way.
By FYI | January 1, 2007
- Holistic Ministry audio and articles
- Grieving well
