Comments on: Youth Ministry: Family Based? http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2009/05/22/youth-ministry-family-based/ Guiding Students into Spiritual Formation for the Mission of God Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:23:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chris Holley http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2009/05/22/youth-ministry-family-based/comment-page-1/#comment-9548 Chris Holley Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:07:37 +0000 http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2009/05/22/youth-ministry-family-based/#comment-9548 We need more than anything is to go back to the bible and be honest to see what is says on how we should minister to our youth and their families not our culture. The you ministry you see in the bible consist of 3 things 1) THE PARENTS BEING THE SPIRITUAL MOTIVATORS OF THEIR CHILDREN 2) A STRONG MENTORING PROGRAM WHERE THE OLDER MEN TEACH THE YOUNGER AND 3) WHERE THE OLDER WOMEN TEACH THE OLDER WOMEN! Church leaders and parents must meet and discuss how the church and our families can parter together. This model might not be popular but it is bibical and right! We need more than anything is to go back to the bible and be honest to see what is says on how we should minister to our youth and their families not our culture. The you ministry you see in the bible consist of 3 things 1) THE PARENTS BEING THE SPIRITUAL MOTIVATORS OF THEIR CHILDREN 2) A STRONG MENTORING PROGRAM WHERE THE OLDER MEN TEACH THE YOUNGER AND 3) WHERE THE OLDER WOMEN TEACH THE OLDER WOMEN! Church leaders and parents must meet and discuss how the church and our families can parter together. This model might not be popular but it is bibical and right!

]]> By: Sabrina Haid http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2009/05/22/youth-ministry-family-based/comment-page-1/#comment-8806 Sabrina Haid Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:07:40 +0000 http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2009/05/22/youth-ministry-family-based/#comment-8806 I am a seminary student and am studying this very thing. There seems to be a few ways of doing family ministry. The bigest concern is to not add another program, but to change a mindset. It is something too big to discuss in this area and short time frame. Without promoting any one way of doing family ministry let me leave you with some names that have been used in several of my classes that may help. Google can help with these. Brian Haynes "Shift" as well as the web sites kingsland.org and legacymilestones.com Timothy Paul Jones (several titles) Steve Wright (several titles) website lastingdivergence.ning.com Jay Strother with Brentwood Baptist Church in Brentwood, TN These are the big names training and actually doing family ministry. If you do a little research with these names, it may give you a better picture. I am a seminary student and am studying this very thing. There seems to be a few ways of doing family ministry. The bigest concern is to not add another program, but to change a mindset. It is something too big to discuss in this area and short time frame. Without promoting any one way of doing family ministry let me leave you with some names that have been used in several of my classes that may help. Google can help with these.
Brian Haynes “Shift” as well as the web sites kingsland.org and legacymilestones.com
Timothy Paul Jones (several titles)
Steve Wright (several titles) website lastingdivergence.ning.com
Jay Strother with Brentwood Baptist Church in Brentwood, TN
These are the big names training and actually doing family ministry.
If you do a little research with these names, it may give you a better picture.

]]> By: Michael Bayne http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2009/05/22/youth-ministry-family-based/comment-page-1/#comment-6489 Michael Bayne Fri, 29 May 2009 04:35:02 +0000 http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2009/05/22/youth-ministry-family-based/#comment-6489 We are a church striving to create a student ministry that partners with parents to help teens become fully devoted followers of Christ. FAMILY BASED YOUTH MINISTRY is a over used term. We are trying to create a family model where we empower parents, keep them informed, give them tools AND at the same time create irresistible environments and events to reach teens in our city. In our model youth pastors and youth volunteers are critical. Leadership is drastically important. We hope for many families we the ministry and the home can be saying the same things. 2 combined influences. Great book to read...THINK ORANGE by Reggie Joiner, this will help with the foundation of where we are going. our team is from Grace Community church www.gcomchurch.com We are a church striving to create a student ministry that partners with parents to help teens become fully devoted followers of Christ. FAMILY BASED YOUTH MINISTRY is a over used term. We are trying to create a family model where we empower parents, keep them informed, give them tools AND at the same time create irresistible environments and events to reach teens in our city. In our model youth pastors and youth volunteers are critical. Leadership is drastically important. We hope for many families we the ministry and the home can be saying the same things. 2 combined influences.

Great book to read…THINK ORANGE by Reggie Joiner, this will help with the foundation of where we are going.

our team is from Grace Community church http://www.gcomchurch.com

]]> By: Skyhova http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2009/05/22/youth-ministry-family-based/comment-page-1/#comment-6334 Skyhova Sun, 24 May 2009 21:25:11 +0000 http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2009/05/22/youth-ministry-family-based/#comment-6334 Hi, discriminative posts there :-) hold responsible's recompense the compelling information Hi, discriminative posts there :-) hold responsible’s recompense the compelling information

]]> By: dustin sauder http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2009/05/22/youth-ministry-family-based/comment-page-1/#comment-6305 dustin sauder Sun, 24 May 2009 02:57:38 +0000 http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2009/05/22/youth-ministry-family-based/#comment-6305 i keep bumping into a church that should have a thriving youth ministry, but doesn't, all in the name of "we are committed to family-based youth ministry". I've got many leaders who have kids in our ministry and i always remind them that their kids get to veto their parent's participation, cause a teen just needs some space to explore and work out their identity in Christ. Thus, i pull in parents in many ways, like recently inviting all the parents of seniors to our graduation celebration night. Involving parents at sporatic times in meaningful ways, seems to be the best combo of family-based ministry I can find. Pastor Dustin i keep bumping into a church that should have a thriving youth ministry, but doesn’t, all in the name of “we are committed to family-based youth ministry”. I’ve got many leaders who have kids in our ministry and i always remind them that their kids get to veto their parent’s participation, cause a teen just needs some space to explore and work out their identity in Christ. Thus, i pull in parents in many ways, like recently inviting all the parents of seniors to our graduation celebration night. Involving parents at sporatic times in meaningful ways, seems to be the best combo of family-based ministry I can find. Pastor Dustin

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