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Youth ministry and leadership in the world evangelical mission international (South Africa) : an inclusive ministry approach

Dissertation (MA Theol)--University of Pretoria, 2013.

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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/36816 Youth ministry and leadership in the world evangelical mission international (South Africa) : an inclusive ministry approach Nel, M rosayi623@gmail.com Yi, Hyunok Adolescence Discipline Ego Identity Inclusive Leadership Mentor Puberty Sacrament Subculture Substance WEMI (World Evangelical Mission International) Youth Youth ministry UCTD Dissertation (MA Theol)--University of Pretoria, 2013. This dissertation begins with the problem that local church leaders, Sunday school teachers and adult youth leaders do not have a holistic understanding of what youth ministry is or how to start with youth ministry. And there is a wide gap between adults and the youth because they do not have enough information about today’s youth. Youth ministry has been viewed as something separate from the main church. But the inclusive congregational approach is that youth ministry is part of a comprehensive congregational ministry with a differentiated and focused way, to, with and through youth as an integral part of the church. This dissertation looks into the literature on theories of child development, today’s youth, family, mentoring, and confirmation to understand youth in the church. Church leaders and teachers need enough information about the youth and must be aware of the youth’s developmental needs. Especially church leaders and teachers must work with the parents of the youth to focus on strong Christian education to connect the generations. They have to respond to the youth’s crucial questions and issues of today. Then the youth can find what God intends them to become. This research focused on 73 church leaders and teachers in 11 WEMI (World Evangelical Mission International) churches in South Africa. A high percentage of the respondents understood the concept of youth ministry. But their main problem or difficulty remained the lack of training to understand youth and the biblical text. The results of empirical research presented the actual condition of youth ministry in WEMI churches in South Africa. The churches have to prepare intentional and strategic training for teachers to get enough information about today’s youth, teaching and communication skill, leadership development, counselling and knowledge of the Bible. When the church leaders and teachers are equipped and trained for God’s work, the youth ministry will be built up strongly in the local church, and the youth will find themselves as the body of Christ. gm2014 Practical Theology unrestricted 2014-02-26T11:21:40Z 2014-02-26T11:21:40Z 2013-09-06 2013 Dissertation Yi, H 2013, Youth ministry and leadership in the world evangelical mission international (South Africa) : an inclusive ministry approach, MA Theol dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/36816> E13/9/1191/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/36816 en © 2013 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria
spellingShingle Adolescence
Discipline
Ego
Identity
Inclusive
Leadership
Mentor
Puberty
Sacrament
Subculture
Substance
WEMI (World Evangelical Mission International)
Youth
Youth ministry
UCTD
Youth ministry and leadership in the world evangelical mission international (South Africa) : an inclusive ministry approach
title Youth ministry and leadership in the world evangelical mission international (South Africa) : an inclusive ministry approach
title_full Youth ministry and leadership in the world evangelical mission international (South Africa) : an inclusive ministry approach
title_fullStr Youth ministry and leadership in the world evangelical mission international (South Africa) : an inclusive ministry approach
title_full_unstemmed Youth ministry and leadership in the world evangelical mission international (South Africa) : an inclusive ministry approach
title_short Youth ministry and leadership in the world evangelical mission international (South Africa) : an inclusive ministry approach
title_sort youth ministry and leadership in the world evangelical mission international south africa an inclusive ministry approach
topic Adolescence
Discipline
Ego
Identity
Inclusive
Leadership
Mentor
Puberty
Sacrament
Subculture
Substance
WEMI (World Evangelical Mission International)
Youth
Youth ministry
UCTD
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/36816