"Growing Young" in Australian Baptist Churches: Surveying Formation, Belonging and Mission
Australian Baptist Churches are seeking to respond to the broader trend of increasing disengagement of young people from church and faith. This article discusses Australian Baptist perspectives on generational ministries from the 2016 National Church Life Survey and interviews of generational pastor...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Exchange
Year: 2019, Volume: 48, Issue: 2, Pages: 156-181 |
IxTheo Classification: | KBS Australia; Oceania KDG Free church RF Christian education; catechetics RJ Mission; missiology |
Further subjects: | B
faith formation
B children's ministry B Youth Ministry B Baptist church B Creation Care B Generations B Mission (international law |
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Summary: | Australian Baptist Churches are seeking to respond to the broader trend of increasing disengagement of young people from church and faith. This article discusses Australian Baptist perspectives on generational ministries from the 2016 National Church Life Survey and interviews of generational pastors and young adults. In conversation with Fuller Youth Institute's research, it explores how churches are "growing young": fostering spiritual formation and discipleship with a range of spiritual practices; cultivating relationships and belonging including less "siloed" and more "generational" connections; and catalysing holistic mission including faith-sharing, community service and creation care. |
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ISSN: | 1572-543X |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Exchange
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1572543X-12341519 |