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The Forgotten Social Science of Youth Ministry: Cultural Anthropology
One of the ways youth pastors avoid not getting sucked in the vortex——- is by getting out the church office and become to study the local student population and where students hang outs. I call this study: cultural anthropology.
Youth Group Graduation Rates
The biggest problem Youth Ministry is experiencing is that after our high school senior graduates, he or she will most likely not attend church. Bottom line after a
U2 and Youth Ministry
At Fuller Theological Seminary, the notorious pop culture theologian Barry Taylor offered a theology class titled: Theology of U2. I never had the privilege to take it, but
The Necessary Engagement of Youth Culture
Democracy Matters by Cornel West. West's central thesis is that America has three reoccurring distortions. First, the free-market fundamentalism has an overwhelming power and influence in the economy that
Alcohol and Adolscents
Adolescents and alcohol--that is a bad mix. If a youth pastor is honest, probably 45% of his/her high school youth group is experimenting with liquor. Alcohol










