Youth Ministry in Modern America
Subtitle: 1930 to the Present
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
Published: September 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781565634671
Subjects: Christian ministry & pastoral activity; Bibles - Other; History; Christianity - Education - Children & Youth; Religion - Youth Issues; Religion; USA; Christian Education - Children & Youth; Christian Life - General; Christianity - Christian Life - General; 20th century; Church history; Church work with youth; United States
Description: Professor Jon Pahl examines the history of youth ministry through the lens of four twentieth-century movements: the Walther League (Lutheran), the Young Christian Workers (Catholic), Youth for Christ (evangelical), and African American congregations (Methodist, Baptist, and United Church of Christ). By chronicling the emergence and influence of these movements, Pahl enhances our understanding of their effect upon both the American church and society. Pahl also explores how youth ministry has been transformed over the years and suggests ways that youth ministry must redirect its focus in the twenty-first century.