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The Youth Ministry Problem, Part 3

September 2nd, 2010
In the prior two installments (Part 1, Part 2)  of this limited series, we examined the problems facing ministry to youth. Today, I want to unpack some further issues and provide answers to why we continue to lose kids and how we can not only stem that tide but reverse it. Rather than have some [...]

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The Youth Ministry Problem, Part 2

August 25th, 2010
In the first part of this limited series examining why the modern youth ministry model fails to reach and hold young people, we looked at the basis for youth ministry and why its founding principle no longer applies. What began as a response to rural youth in mid-19th century England leaving family farms to work [...]

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Tagged Church Marketing, Discipleship, Evangelism, Industrial Revolution, Media, Parachurch, Postmillennialism, Social Media, YMCA, Youth, Youth for Christ, Youth Ministry, Youth Specialties

The Youth Ministry Problem, Part 1

August 17th, 2010
Yesterday, I mentioned an article in USA Today that lamented the loss of teenagers in church youth ministries, especially in large churches that run on an attractional model. Kids today are too savvy to fall fall for simple marketing techniques, so the number of ex-youth-group-members is growing. What then does this mean for youth ministry? [...]

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Also posted in Christianity in North America, Church Issues, In the News, Maturity, Youth

Tagged Church Marketing, Discipleship, Evangelism, Industrial Revolution, YMCA, Youth, Youth for Christ, Youth Ministry, Youth Specialties

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