By Brad M. Griffin | March 8, 2007
Brad Griffin and Dr. Linda Wagener lead a workshop discussing the fragmentation of the church that has resulted from trends in both the church and culture over the past 50 years. Workshop participants share practical ideas for re-engaging congregations and facilitating cross-generational ministry opportunities. This workshop was part of the Connect For: An Intergenerational Approach to Ministry conference hosted by Fuller and FYI (formerly CYFM) in March 2007.
By Kara Powell and Pam King | March 8, 2007
Dr. Kara Powell and Dr. Pam King lead a workshop discussing the incorporation of an assets-based ministry framework across the ministries of the church. This workshop was part of the Connect For: An Intergenerational Approach to Ministry conference hosted by Fuller and FYI (then CYFM) in March 2007.
By Chap Clark | March 8, 2007
Chap Clark calls the Church to reconsider what we’re doing to kids and families by perpetuating “youth ministry as usual.” In his inaugural professorial lecture at Fuller Seminary in March 2007, Chap argues for a new model of ministering to youth by assimilating them into the life of the congregation.
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 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 Kara Powell and Pam King | December 13, 2006
Most of us have no trouble focusing our ministries on the spiritual needs of students — it’s what we do best. But how carefully do we look at the “whole kid” in our approach to youth ministry? These findings from FYI’s Urban Youth Workers in America research dig up some powerful truths about the reality of holistic ministry.
By Brad M. Griffin | June 13, 2006
How do the kids in your church know when they have become adolescents? How do they know when they have become adults? As we re-think the value and necessity of rites of passage in our ministries, we may help bring clarity to these life stages and help students through the zones of identity confusion.
By Kara Powell | April 28, 2006
What does the future hold for youth ministry as we know it? Kara Powell caught up with author and professor Ryan Bolger to learn from his research and perspective on the shape of youth ministry in the emerging church.
By Matt Westbrook | April 11, 2006
We all scratch our heads wondering how to respond to the loss of students from church after high school. Research on this pattern, as well as the patterns of those who return to their faith later, may inform our response as churches who have the opportunity to nurture them — both to prevent some from leaving and to welcome back others who have left.
