Listen "The value of specialised ministry in an Intergenerational church"
Episode Synopsis
Stu, Tim and Joel get together once more to go through the fourth and final approach detailed in Mark Senter's Four Views of Youth Ministry - the Inclusive Congregational approach. There are some similarities between the Shock Absorber and the approach. Two key differences emerge:1. The importance of listening to young people2. How that is facilitated by providing a space for them to experiment with their own expression of church and a space for the whole church to communicate and discuss those experiments.01:22 Cultural Artefact - Blended movie03:58 What is the Inclusive Congregational approach?09:07 Should children and youth be part of everything, all the time?15:01 Young people need the space to experiment and a place for us to communicate together18:32 Inclusive Congregational reacts to the Homogeneous Unit Principle but misses the cultural context19:34 Contrasting between the Strategic approach and the Inclusive Congregational model21:57 Allowing children to be children37:12 The perceived need to fit everything into a one hour service, and opening up to create more opportunities for discipleship and mission48:14 Allowing teenagers to be teenagers53:32 Embracing difference and being one big familyWatch on YouTube-----------------------------------------DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODEThe Four Views of Youth Ministry, by Mark Senter IIIBlendedThe Coming Revolution of Youth Ministry, by Mark Senter IIIErik Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development-----------------------------------------CONTACT USEmail: [email protected]: https://discord.gg/Vb6g4JzD
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