A model for effective church youth ministry

Buford H Adams

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A model for effective church youth ministry

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Buford H Adams. A Model for Effective Church Youth Ministry. Columbia Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/d278e9c2-0912-4162-94be-16a7609a7a7f.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

B. H. Adams. A model for effective church youth ministry. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/d278e9c2-0912-4162-94be-16a7609a7a7f

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Buford H Adams. A Model for Effective Church Youth Ministry. Columbia Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/d278e9c2-0912-4162-94be-16a7609a7a7f.

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Buford H Adams

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Abstract

Creating and maintaining an effective ministry to and with teenagers is an increasingly difficult challenge for the average church. As the traditional family structure continues to change and the secular world becomes more sophisticated in its appeal, the church faces the danger of becoming irrelevant to today's young person. In this project the biblical and psychological basis of youth ministry is examined. A youth ministry model entertaining young people is contrasted with a model that seeks to involve the teenagers themselves in ministry. A small group of senior high students on the south side of Atlanta are questioned concerning their level of spiritual commitment before and after a six-week ministry project involving them in an evangelistic outreach to other teens. Adult evaluators give their opinion of the effectiveness of the ministry project and an outside youth ministry expert reviews the basis of the ministry model used. This model could be used by any church to effectively involve their young people in ministry projects and thus maintain a high interest level among those teens.

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