Development Towards Maturity: A Literature Review on Desired Outcomes in Youth Ministry, Part 1

This article is the first of two centring around the theme of desired outcomes of youth ministry practices, which are often embedded in a certain conception of spiritual maturity. The review study which forms the basis for these two articles aims to construct a theoretical framework on desired outco...

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Published in:Journal of youth and theology
Main Author: Kock, Jos de (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2024
In: Journal of youth and theology
Year: 2024, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-28
Further subjects:B faith formation
B Practical Theology
B Religious Education
B Developmental Psychology
B Youth Ministry
B Goals
B religious outcomes
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Summary:This article is the first of two centring around the theme of desired outcomes of youth ministry practices, which are often embedded in a certain conception of spiritual maturity. The review study which forms the basis for these two articles aims to construct a theoretical framework on desired outcomes in youth ministry on the basis of a systematic literature review of scholarly works in peer-reviewed journals regarding the subject published from 1996 up to 2021. The wide range of outcomes as observed in the literature is classified by describing three areas of youth ministry goals: the areas of spiritual development, personal development and social development. Current, first, article accounts for the particularities of the research design of the review study and presents the outcomes found in the literature within the particular area of spiritual development. The review study as a whole and this particular article contribute to a broader academic area of interest in how to envision or define spiritual maturity, particularly Christian maturity, and what this means for formational practices such as youth ministry.
ISSN:2405-5093
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of youth and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/24055093-bja10044