Faith in small groups of adolescents
Subtitle: being together as a basic given
By: Harmen van Wijnen
Publisher: Uitgeverij Eburon
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Delft
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9789463010740
Subjects: Church work with teenagers; Teenagers; Religious life; Religion and sociology
Description: The church is struggling with the gap between the church and adolescents. Over the last decades, the problem of 'bridging the gap' was often outsourced to youth ministry in different forms, such as special youth workers, faith-learning programs, local activities, national events, holidays, and education of youth leaders. However, the overall conclusion is that over the last ten years, traditional youth ministry forms cannot function as the bridge they should be; the gap is too deep and too wide, or perhaps the metaphor of the gap is no longer appropriate to describe the current situation regarding the church and adolescents. This book aims to provide a creative and innovative contribution to the search for new paradigms in youth ministry. This book shows that small groups are very important for adolescents. The natural social environment greatly influences adolescents in their process of transformation from childhood to adulthood, including faith socialization.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.