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Randolph 101

Randolph 101. The “Teenage Mystique”. 12 March 2008. The “Teenage Mystique”: Definition. Mystique — an air of mystery and deference surrounding a thing that gives that thing special power Examples:. The Feminine Mystique. The Kennedy Mystique. The Cowboy Mystique.

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Randolph 101

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  1. Randolph 101 The “Teenage Mystique” 12 March 2008

  2. The “Teenage Mystique”: Definition • Mystique — an air of mystery and deference surrounding a thing that gives that thing special power • Examples: The Feminine Mystique The Kennedy Mystique The Cowboy Mystique Bill Brewer, 29 Dec 07

  3. The “Teenage Mystique”: Definition • Mystique — an air of mystery and deference surrounding a thing that gives that thing special power • Examples: The Teenage Mystique Bill Brewer, 29 Dec 07

  4. Why this subject? Secondary traditions often fail … Why this subject? Secondary traditions often fail … SECONDARY TRADITIONS Bill Brewer, 29 Dec 07 • 4

  5. A Mars Hill Interview with Mark DeVries • Mark DeVries is an 18-year veteran of youth ministry • DeVries has trained youth workers across the U.S., as well as in Russia, Canada, Uganda and South Africa, teaching courses or guest lecturing at Princeton, Vanderbilt, David Lipscomb University, and many other well-known colleges and universities Bill Brewer, 2008

  6. DeVries is also founder of Family Based Youth Ministry, an organization dedicated to advancing one of the most successful models for youth ministry in America Bill Brewer, 2008

  7. Deuteronomy 6:6-7 (NASB) • “These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up” Bill Brewer, 2008

  8. Some Major Events in Youth Ministry • 1800 • 1900 • 2000 WWI WWII N. America N. America “Young Life” Group Magazine “Christian Endeavor” formed England England “Youth for Christ” Rise of local & entrepreneurial ministries 1st Sunday Schools YMCAs “Youth Specialties” founded Religious Education Assn formed “Christian Youth Fellowship” “Great Britain Evangelistic Campaign” Explosion of the Missionary Movement Collapse of denominational support “Campus Crusade” “Young Life” in Britain Compulsory education Sunday School Union Formed Integration into seminary & academic studies International Council of Religious Ed Scopes Trial Christian Nurture – Bushnell Youth Ministry Educator’s Forum “Christian Youth” campaigns Youth radio Public funds to high schools “Miracle Book Club” Bible Chair Journal Origin of the Species – Darwin Teenage Christian Magazine U. Of Michigan Bible Chair Fallout from discipling movement Bill Brewer, 2008

  9. Hall’s Theory of Human Development • G. Stanley Hall1844-1924 • Cro Magnon • Australopithecus • Homo Sapiens Sapiens • Neanderthal • Ramopithecus • Adolescence Bill Brewer, 29 Dec 07

  10. Bill Brewer, 29 Dec 07

  11. Bill Brewer, 29 Dec 07

  12. Teen Species • G. Stanley Hall1844-1924

  13. Four Views of the Youth Ministry • The Preparatory Approach • The Missional Approach • The Strategic Approach • The Inclusive Congregational Approach Bill Brewer, 2008

  14. Modeling the Four Approaches Church of the present NOW LATER Church of the future Bill Brewer, 2008 • 14

  15. Modeling the Four Approaches Fellowship Mission COME GO Bill Brewer, 2008 • 15

  16. Four Views: The Preparatory Approach • The Preparatory Approach is a specialized ministry to adolescents that prepares them for participation in the full life of existing churches as leaders, disciples and evangelists– Four Views of the Church by Mark Senter III Bill Brewer, 2008

  17. Four Views: The Missional Approach • The Missional Approach views youth ministry as a mission. Young people and youth ministers are viewed as missionaries whose calling is to communicate the gospel to their generation– Four Views of the Church by Mark Senter III Bill Brewer, 2008

  18. Four Views: The Strategic Approach • The Strategic Approach prepares the youth group to become a new church (in other words, a church plant), with the youth pastor evolving into the pastor of a new church– Four Views of the Church by Mark Senter III Bill Brewer, 2008

  19. Four Views: The Inclusive Approach • The Inclusive Approach integrates young people into congregational life by treating them as full partners in every aspect of the faith community– Four Views of the Church by Mark Senter III Bill Brewer, 2008

  20. Modeling the Four Approaches Missional NOW Strategic Inclusive Missional Preparatory COME GO Inclusive Strategic Preparatory LATER Bill Brewer, 2008

  21. Some observations and conclusions… • Youth ministry professionals themselves have doubts about the wisdom of conventional (segregated) youth ministry • Youth ministries prosper primarily due to parental demands • In terms of actual outcomes, parental confidence in traditional youth ministries can be misplaced • Conventional youth programs can easily contribute to the problems they are intended to fix • A basic issue is the choice between … • A relational, biblical model of faith and human development (the Hebrew ideal) • A secular efficiency model (the Greek ideal) Bill Brewer, 2008

  22. Some observations and conclusions… (cont.) The Media • Powerful economic and political forces have huge incentives in maintaining and expanding the isolation of young people from adult community Government Public Schools Business Political Parties Bill Brewer, 2008

  23. Some observations and conclusions… (cont.) • The church should not acquiesce to or cooperate with a secular conception of young people that … • Distorts and reduces their real needs and capabilities • Transforms them from tremendous resources into significant liabilities • Locks them into a subculture that delays and obstructs their spiritual and physical maturity within the church and larger society • Is hostile to the “parodosis” (the handing over of Christian tradition) to the next generation Bill Brewer, 2008

  24. Church as Contrast Community "Will of God" "Will of the people" Appropriate speech Freedom of speech Right relationships Right rules Virtue Values Generational solidarity Covenant “Right” to be known Generational alienation Right to privacy Contract • The Church • Secular World Affirmation of religious authority Denial of religious authority • Bill Brewer, 5 Jan 08 • 24

  25. Backups

  26. Reminders Purpose of “Randolph 101” Unity Renewal Purpose of adult Bible class Edify (build up) the church Not a substitute for personal Bible study

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