The latest research on what’s happening with college freshmen and their faith identity might surprise you. Meredith Miller reviews the research and excerpts from an interview with Tony Jones on the “lockbox theory.”
In Part II of this research series on changes in the landscape of adolescent girls, we take a look at the technology that most impacts girls you know and some ways we can all respond.
Kara Powell interviews Tony Jones, National Coordinator of Emergent Village and popular author and speaker. Tony and Kara discuss insights related to research on the college transition.
Kara Powell talks with Efrem Smith, pastor of Sanctuary Covenant Church in Minneapolis, who helps us bust some of the myths and embrace some of the realities of an emerging urban-suburban blend in culture and our youth ministries.
Recently Fuller hosted Christian Smith, author of Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers, for a panel discussion following a screening of the new film documenting his research. Also called Soul Searching, the film screening led into a discussion with responses by Dr. Chap Clark and Dr. Kara Powell from Fuller, as well as Smith. This month’s audio download features highlights from the responses of Clark, Powell, and Smith to the film and the research from the National Study of Youth and Religion.
Whether it’s deciding what music to listen to in the church van or which movies to see with students, youth workers are always wrangling with questions of culture. How we think theologically about culture has a huge impact on the way we answer the questions, but we rarely have time to contemplate the roots of our responses.
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.
In part 2 of this series, Dan again tackles some of the questions he most often receives as an expert on Hip Hop culture, and the questions you may be receiving as a youth worker trying to navigate the waters of Hip Hop’s impact on students you know. Pull up a seat and join the dialog, and let us know what questions you would add to this list!
OK, really: What exactly is Hip Hop Culture, anyway? Researcher Dan Hodge offers a user-friendly FAQ approach to Hip Hop in the first of a two-part series. Whether you think you “get it” or you know you don’t, take a look to see if you’ve ever asked the questions on this list!!
Wondering about crossover between “Emerging Church” issues and “Emerging Urban Church” issues? FYI (formerly CYFM) hosted a panel discussion on the interface of recent movements within both circles of conversation.
