In providing a theologically based plan for ministry, I would like to focus on our confirmation program because it provides a unique ministry opportunity. Parents and students tend to treat confirmation as having great importance. Confirmation also presents an opportunity to lay the groundwork of lifelong faith because of the age that it occurs in […]

If Jesus is the most full revelation of God to humankind, and if the church continues the ministry of Jesus in the power of the Holy Spirit, then the location of the church’s ministry must then be defined. Douglas John Hall provides an appropriate launching pad for the task of ministry when he states that […]

The action of God is not bound merely to revelation, some sort of divine communication to human beings, but God continues to be present and active in this world through the Holy Spirit. Such an understanding of the Christian faith takes the burden off of the church to be successful and instead calls the church […]

If a church is to be more than a local community support group for those in need, it must attempt to speak of God. When beginning to consider the means by which we speak about God, it must first be emphasized that the God whom we worship is an active God, breaking into the human […]

This series was originally written as a paper for a class in seminary. In considering how to best articulate a theology for ministry within my particular context I have chosen to attend very specifically to the teens already present within the fold of my church. Though the mission and ministry of the church should (and […]

If we begin not with structures (age divisions, programs, paid staff, etc.), but with these three foundational principles, a world of new possibilities open up. We have freedom to explore new and imaginative ideas within the context of youth ministry, bound not by what has been done in the past or by what is seen […]