Welcoming kids to the table of community: New Horizons ministries, as a model of service to homeless runaway adolescents

Ronald A Ruthruff

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Welcoming kids to the table of community: New Horizons ministries, as a model of service to homeless runaway adolescents

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Ronald A Ruthruff. Welcoming Kids to the Table of Community: New Horizons Ministries, As a Model of Service to Homeless Runaway Adolescents. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/7dc018c5-409e-4b2b-bbbd-e2f048d1da7e?locale=it.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

R. A. Ruthruff. Welcoming kids to the table of community: New Horizons ministries, as a model of service to homeless runaway adolescents. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/7dc018c5-409e-4b2b-bbbd-e2f048d1da7e?locale=it

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Ronald A Ruthruff. Welcoming Kids to the Table of Community: New Horizons Ministries, As a Model of Service to Homeless Runaway Adolescents. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/7dc018c5-409e-4b2b-bbbd-e2f048d1da7e?locale=it.

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Ronald A Ruthruff

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This thesis is grounded in the assumption that the primary barrier preventing street youths from re-entering the community is a lack of healthy interdependent relationships. The staff at New Horizons Ministries (NHM) intuitively understandd the complexity of the homeless runaway adolescent (HRA) life and the counterproductivity of street life. A systemic analysis of the complex problem of youths being unable to exit street life and an evaluation of the ministry of New Horizons will be used to confront the plethora of issues and strategies for service delivery that confront the ministry of NHM. NHM believes that HRA running from abusive environments face further abuse, exploitation, and isolation on the street. Serving these youths in a deeply relational context NHM follows the model of table fellowship to the marginalized illustrated in Luke's Gospel. NHM staff surround youths with concentric circles of support that empower and equip youths to live healthy, interdependent lifestyles. This philosophy of service is based in the missiological categories of the ministry of Jesus and modeled by the early church. Service, worship, community, and proclamation begin to relationally connect these youths with the Biblical definition of community and address the isolating issues involved in street activity.

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