Empathy with Emerging Generations as a Foundation for Ministry
Ministry leaders' concerns for young people's spiritual and religious lives often lead them to adopt programmatic solutions in order to remain relevant to emerging generations. We speculate that a more foundational shift is needed. We argue that ministry leaders can support the spiritual q...
| Subtitles: | Special Focus: Educational Ministries with Emerging Generations |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publications
[2020]
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| In: |
Christian education journal
Year: 2020, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 110-129 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality FB Theological education KBQ North America KDG Free church RF Christian education; catechetics RG Pastoral care |
| Further subjects: | B
learner-centered pedagogy
B emerging generations B Youth Ministry B Empathy |
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| Summary: | Ministry leaders' concerns for young people's spiritual and religious lives often lead them to adopt programmatic solutions in order to remain relevant to emerging generations. We speculate that a more foundational shift is needed. We argue that ministry leaders can support the spiritual quests of young people by reconsidering their teaching and learning assumptions, renewing their empathy skills, and reframing their assumptions about who young people are and what they truly need. |
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| ISSN: | 2378-525X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christian education journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0739891319899666 |