Recently, Andy Blanks wrote an insightful article for churchleaders.com about the four types of parents present in most youth ministries. He names and explains the four categories of parents in reference to their views on discipleship: Christ-followers Making Christ-followers. These parents understand that the biblical model of discipleship calls for the chief disciplers to be mom and dad. Students are taught the basics of a vibrant faith-life; but not just in words only. Read More …
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Review of Christ the Key (#0197)
Kathryn Tanner. Christ the Key. Cambridge University Press: 2010. ISBN: 9780521732772. Meet the Author Kathryn Tanner joined the faculty of Yale Divinity School as Professor of Systematic Theology earlier this year. Previously she taught at the University of Chicago Divinity School for fifteen years and at Yale University's Department of Religious Studies for ten years. Tanner's research relates the history of Christian thought to contemporary issues of Read More …
Uniquely UCC (#0172)
The United Church of Christ's Still Speaking Campaign is the most well known marketing campaign undertaken by a mainline denomination in recent years. The campaign started in 2004 with television ads, which can be viewed here. In April 2010, the campaign moved online with an ad designed to spread via social media called The Language of God, which I wrote about on my blog. Today Uniquely UCC launched in conjunction with Still Speaking's National Read More …
Souper Bowl of Caring (#0167)
From a simple prayer by a seminary intern in 1990 (Lord, even as we enjoy the Super Bowl football game, help us be mindful of those who are without a bowl of soup to eat) to a movement involving over 250,000 youth in 2010, the Souper Bowl of Caring has been a youth-led movement to help hungry and hurting people around the world. According to the organization's website: This prayer . . . gave birth to an idea. Why not use Super Bowl weekend, a time when people Read More …