How youth ministry can change theological education-if we let it
Subtitle: reflections from the  Lilly Endowment's High School Theology Program Seminar
By: edited by Kenda Creasy Dean and Christy Lang Hearlson, with Andrew Brubacher Kaethler, Elizabeth Corrie, Katherine M. Douglass, Fred Edie, David Horn, Jeffrey Kaster, Anabel Proffitt, Judy Steers, Brent A. Strawn, Anne Streaty Wimberly, Jacquie Church Young
Contributors: Lilly Endowment's High School Theology Program
Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780802871930
Subjects: Theology; Study and teaching; Lilly Endowment's High School Theology Program; Pretheological education; Church work with youth
Description: Since 1993, forty-nine theological seminaries have created opportunities for high school students to participate in on-campus High School Theology Programs (HSTPs) that invite them to engage in serious biblical and theological study. Many of the young people who take part in these programs go on to become pastoral or lay leaders in their churches. What has made these programs so successful -- especially given the well-documented "crisis of faith" among young people today? In this book thirteen contributors -- many of whom have created or led one of these innovative theology programs -- investigate answers to this question. They examine the pedagogical practices the HSTPs have in common and explore how they are contributing to the leadership of the church. They then show how the lessons gleaned from these successful programs can help churches, denominations, and seminaries reimagine both theological education and youth ministry.