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Unleashing the Passion of Young People in Your Church Is Possible Churches are losing both members and vitality as increasing numbers of young people disengage Based on groundbreaking research with over 250 of the nation s leading congregations, Growing Young provides a strategy any church can use to involve and retain teenagers and young adults It profiles innovative churches that are engaging 15 to 29 year olds and as a result are growing spiritually, emotionally, missionally, and numerically Packed with both research and practical ideas, Growing Young shows pastors and ministry leaders how to position their churches to engage younger generations in a way that breathes vitality, life, and energy into the whole church.Visit www.churchesgrowingyoung.org for information. Download Growing Young – kino-fada.fr Solid and useful work, as usual, from the Fuller Youth Institute This is fresh research, too the Churches Engaging Young People Project was conducted from 2012 to 2015 Their primary research question, as taken from the Appendix, is, What congregational practices lead to effective engagement of young people Young people, for the purposes of this study, are persons 15 29 Secondary research questions are, How does engaging young people contribute ...In light of the fact that no major Christian tradition is growing in the US today and the church members that remain are only getting older, therefore Declining Old This book takes a look at trends in churches that doing something different and are Growing Young They focused on Bright Spots where churches are 1 engaging young people ages 15 29 and 2 are growing spiritually, emotionally, missionally, and sometimes numerically The authors are careful to point out that their suggestions ar In light of the fact that no major Christian tradition is growing in the US today and the church members that remain are only g...Overall it is a great book offering sound research it can be a bit overwhelming at first and there can be a bit too much theory and not enough ways to implement it.Very helpfulThis book was very helpful in engaging the research concerning growing young The authors guide a reader through the problems of engaging young adults and provide practical helps at developing a contextualized p...A long review I strongly commend you read and take to heart Growing Young.Growing Young GY makes a great case for strategies that contribute to the thriving faith of young adults 15 29 in congregational life The book is one of the fruits of a long research study of the faith development of adolescents and young adults, as well as how congregations that serve and relate well to the young adults For those who have theological dog in the hunt, the churches in the research span the eccles A long review I strongly commend you read and take to heart Growing Young.Growing Young GY makes a great case for strategies that contribute to the thriving faith of young adults 15 29 in congregational life The book is one of the fruits of a long research study of the faith development of adolescents and young adults, as well as how congregations that serve and relate well to the young adults For those who have theolog...This book was full of insights and memorable stories about churches that are reaching young people today It was practical, with lots of tips and ideas for church leaders eager to keep their congregations vibrant It was inspirational, as the stories of success let us know that God s grace does work, that Christianity is not irrelevant to today s culture, and that thoughtfully approaching how we minister to young people can and does reap a reward I think it s important to note that at no point This book was full of insights and memorable stories about churches that are reaching young people today It was practical, with lots of tips and ideas for church leaders eager to keep their congregations vibrant It was inspirational, as the stories of success let us know that God s grace does work, that Christianity is not irrelevant to today s culture, and that thoughtfully approaching how we minister to young people can and does reap a reward I think it s important to note that at no point does this book indicate or even imply that our strategies or efforts can replace the work of the Holy Spirit They acknowledge time and again ...Kara Powell, Jake Mulder, and Brad Griffin, Growing Young 6 Essential Strategies to Help Young People Discover and Love Your Church Grand Rapids, MI Baker Books, 2016 Multiple studies highlight that 40 to 50 percent of youth group seniors like the young people in your church drift from God and the faith community af...ReviewGrowing Young is written by three members of the Fuller Youth Institute Brad Griffin, Kara Powell, and Jake Mulder All three engaged in the research with a large number of congregations from very diverse backgrounds That group was honed down to 41 of the most noteworthy churches and extensive interviews with members of those congregations at all age and leadership levels The insights of the book were also buttressed by another layer of national leaders and youth specialists, and the p ReviewGrowing Young is written by three members of the Fuller Youth Institute Brad Griffin, Kara Powell, and Jake Mulder All three engaged in the research with a large number of congregations from very diverse backgrounds That group was honed down to 41 of the most noteworthy churches and extensive interviews with members of those congregations at all age and leadership levels The insights of the book were also buttressed by another layer of national leaders and youth specialists, and the previous experience in youth ministry of all three authors The hope of the authors is to change how the world ...Interesting, hopeful, practical, and balanced I enjoyed the chapters on empathizing with young people That was great I kept jotting notes in the back about ideas I had as I went through it Ways to practically move from the ideas of the book to our specific context I also love that they don t claim to have any specific cookie cutter ideas, or silver bullet plan that is one size fits all I have committed to memory their identification of what they call the Three Ultimate Questions Who am Interesting, hopeful...

Growing Young
  • English
  • 01 May 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 330 pages
  • 0801019257
  • Kara Powell
  • Growing Young