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| author |
Matthew Charles May
| | title |
Incorporating Youth: An Intergenerational Approach to Congregational Youth Practices
| | abstract |
This paper examines the praxis of youth ministry with the interpretive lens of a
correlation between decades of relatively unaltered youth ministry practices and the decline of
mainline church denomination through understanding the history, shifts, and modern structural
church arguments in the implementations of youth ministry practices. This paper questions why
youth ministry, in its current form, cannot provide for the needs of youth through a connection to
the church community and God. Emphasizing the need for intergenerational practices within the
church, this paper argues for methods of intergenerationality to bolster youth programming by
incorporating youth into the life of modern church. This thesis will point to practices churches
can embrace to become an authentic intergenerational community approach to faith formation.
| | school |
The Theological School, Drew University
| | degree |
M.A. (2023)
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| advisor |
Meredith Hoxie Schol
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| full text | MMay.pdf |
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