Final Exam Flashcards
The Gospel Advancing View
Goal: Nurturing teenagers to live and give the Gospel in word and deed in their spheres of influence.
Purpose: energize a generation to evangelize their world.
Bottom line: if we are serious about teenagers spiritually maturing then we’ll want to get them sharing their faith as quickly as possible.
The reformed view
Goal: God’s word, prayer, administration of the sacraments, service and gospel community all provide a God glorifying and biblical method of making young disciples of Christ.
Purpose: Go deep
Bottom Line: do not support entertainment driven youth ministry because you keep them how you attract them.
The adoption view
Goal: adopting young people into the family of God.
Purpose: youth leader role is to bridge young person into familial connection in Christian community
Bottom line: youth are not isolated ministry area they should participate in worship team, av team, community meals etc…
The ecclesial view
Goal: create informed congregation and raise the corporate awareness of its place within the larger historical church.
Purpose: recognize personal and corporate holiness
Bottom line: focus on formal teaching of ecclesiology (the study of the church)
The D6 view
Goal: God COMMANDS the older generation and the entire faith community to disciple by example and instruction- not to delegate this role to anyone else. Deuteronomy 6:1-9
Purpose: integrating leadership from both church and home to disciple current and future generations.
Bottom line: parents are partners with youth ministry.
What are the most dominant area of influence in youth today?
Contemporary music Movies (Netflix, tv, theatres) Television programming The internet Publications Laws and public policies Parents
What is the second tier of influence in the lives of youth?
Peers Schools Radio Mentors Colleges Siblings
What is the lowest area of influence in youth?
Church
Adult education
Counseling and therapy experiences
Extended family
What are 5 dominant health issues kids face today?
Increased sexual activity Substance abuse Being the victim of violence Medical care Being overweight
What are some emotional and behavioral problems youth face?
Cohabitation, divorce, births to unmarried parents, working mothers taking a toll.
Parents admit they don’t spend enough meaningful time with their young children.
3/4 of young people believe the following…
The devil does not exist
A good person goes to heaven by doing good things.
All of the sacred books from various religions (the Bible, Koran, book of Morman etc…)express the same spiritual truth
Spiritual and moral truth can only be discovered through logic human reason and personal experience.
2/3 young people believe …
Praying to deceased saints can have a positive effect on your life
The Bible discourages sin but never describes it as an innate behavior
1/2 or more than half believe…
There are no absolute standards for morals and ethics.
Life is either a random series of acts or predetermined but we have no real say in how our lives unfold.
The Bible does not specifically condemn homosexuality.
Define Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
MTD
This term is used to describe what is considered to be the common religious beliefs among American Youth.
What are 4 guiding MTD beliefs
A God exists who created and orders the world and watches over life on earth.
God wants people to be good, nice, fair, as taught by the Bible and most religions.
The central goals of life is to be happy and to feel good about oneself.
God is not involved in my life except when I need God to resolve a problem.
