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Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry: From a Strategy of Influence to a Theology of Incarnation
Andrew Root reviews the history of relational/incarnational youth ministry in American evangelicalism and recasts the practice as one of "place-sharing"--not so much "earning the right to be heard" as honoring the human dignity of youth and locating God in their midst.
Book Details
- Publisher: IVP
- Publish Date: Oct 8th, 2007
- Pages: 221
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.48in - 4.92in - 0.64in - 0.74lb
- EAN: 9780830834884
- Categories: • Christian Ministry - Youth
About the Author
Root, Andrew: -
Andrew Root (Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary) is in the Baalson Olson Chair as associate professor of youth and family ministry at Luther Seminary (St. Paul, MN). A former Young Life staffworker, he has served in churches and social service agencies as a youth outreach associate and a gang prevention counselor.
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Praise for this book
. . . The theological and philosophical ideas provide the groundwork for anyone seeking to develop a healthy congregational youth program.--Jason Lief, Pro Rege, June 2008
Too often we abandon teenagers when our relationship does not produce our predetermined results. Thankfully, Andy Root has brilliantly laid before us an essential course correction for relational ministry that is faithful to the incarnation of Jesus.--YouthWorker eJournal, August 2007
Root's book is a valuable asset to the field of youth ministry. In calling for an incarnational perspective of relational ministry, Root provides a biblical and theological foundation from which youth leaders can establish meaningful relationships with young people.--Jason Lief, Pro Rege, June 2008
Root has established himself as a leader in a theological renewal for the practice of youth ministry. Engagement with this book will prove fruitful in rethinking your ministry with young people wherever it is. It already has for me.--Erik C. Leafblad, Word World, Summer 2008
Root urges readers to adopt a "being with" ministry to students, encouraging them to stand with people in need. Put this on your "buy now" list.--L. E. in The Journal of Student Ministries, March/April 2008
Root challenges youth pastors to go beyond doing mere jobs and live the incarnation of Christ with youth.--Chris Maxwell in Ministry Today, March/April 2008
"Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry establishes Andrew Root as a seminal voice in a new generation of youth ministry scholars. Fresh, wise and disciplined, Root exposes the sand on which much 'relational youth ministry' of the late twentieth century has been based, and recasts the church's ministry with young people in the Christology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. In so doing, Root injects youth ministry with both a needed missional direction and a welcome theological humility. Drawing on 'real life' relational ministries, Root offers concrete practices that reestablish youth ministry's footing in the suffering love of God in Jesus Christ. Andrew Root is poised to lead the field in rethinking youth ministry as a practical theological discipline, and this book is a breathtaking step in the right direction."--Kenda Creasy Dean, M.Div., Ph.D., parent, pastor and associate professor of youth, church and culture, Princeton Theological Seminary