Sustainable Young Adult Ministry (eBook)

Making It Work, Making It Last

Mark DeVries, Scott Pontier (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
InterVarsity Press (Verlag)
978-0-8308-6555-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Young adult ministry scares us.Young adults seem like the elusive Holy Grail demographic in Christian ministry. We often treat them like another species, with an inscrutable culture all their own. To have a thriving ministry to young adults, we're told, we'll need to be up-to-date on all the latest trends. We'll need to change up our worship style. We'll need to make programs. But what if young adult ministry isn't actually as enigmatic as we've been led to believe? What if it actually looks an awful lot like . . . faithful Christian ministry?Scott Pontier and Mark DeVries know firsthand the challenges of young adult ministry. In Sustainable Young Adult Ministry, they explore six common mistakes churches make in their efforts to reach this demographic-mistakes they themselves have made-and offer six paradoxes that upend our presuppositions and return us to a simpler, more biblical ministry model. Full of practical advice and complete with a wealth of additional resources, this book offers a fresh perspective on young adult ministry that is grounded in long ministry experience and in the timeless gospel of Jesus.

Mark DeVries (MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary) is the founder of Ministry Architects, a consulting team that helps churches and ministry organizations build sustainable ministries for children, youth, young adults, and entire congregations. He served for twenty-eight years as associate pastor for youth and their families at First Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee. He has trained youth workers on five continents and has taught courses or been a guest lecturer at a number of colleges and seminaries. DeVries is the author of Sustainable Youth Ministry and Family-Based Youth Ministry, coauthor of The Most Important Year in a Woman's Life/The Most Important Year in a Man's Life, and he has been a contributing writer for Josh McDowell's Youth Ministry Handbook, Starting Right, and Reaching a Generation for Christ. In addition, his articles and reviews have been published in a variety of journals and magazines. He and his wife, Susan, have four grown children.

Autor

Mark DeVries is the founder of Ministry Architects and author of Sustainable Youth Ministry, Sustainable Children's Ministry (with Annette Safstrom), and Family-Based Youth Ministry. He served for twenty-eight years as associate pastor for youth and their families at First Presbyterian Church in Nashville. Scott Pontier is a senior consultant at Ministry Architects, a consulting team that helps churches and ministry organizations build sustainable ministries. He is also the lead pastor of Jamestown Harbor Church, a multi-site church in western Michigan.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.8.2019
• Verlagsort: Lisle
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie
• Schlagworte: college and young professionals • College Ministry • Emerging Adults • Leadership • millennial ministry • Millennials • Ministry Burnout • ministry resource • ministry systems • mistakes of young adult ministry • resources for young adult ministry • sustainable ministry program • tips for young adult ministry • worship styles • young adult church program • young adult discipleship • young adult ministry • young adult ministry books • young adult pastor • young adult programs • Young adults • young adult small groups • Youth ministry
• ISBN-10: 0-8308-6555-1 / 0830865551
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-6555-0 / 9780830865550