A Conversation about Christian Youth Work
Hey there amazing youth worker,
Thanks for listening to me speak today on Christian Youth Work. I really appreciated the opportunity to help you implement a participatory framework in your ministry.
At Ultimate Youth Worker we want to see every youth worker become the best they can be. The journey to implementing a participation model can be a difficult one without the right support. Here are a few of our most used tools for you to use as you need.
Hart’s Ladder of Participation PDF.
Great website resources
YACVic YERP: This is one of the best resources for practically doing youth participation work done by a bunch of experts from Victoria.
Detached Youth Work – Learning from the Street: James Ballantyne is a youth worker in the north of England who is very much on the coal face of Christian Youth Work. James helps Christian youth ministers understand the nuance of doing detached youth work.
Get a book
Read a journal article
‘Being church’ The social and spiritual purposes and impacts of Christian detached youth work
Thompson, Naomi and Ballantyne, James. 2017. ‘Being church’ The social and spiritual purposes and impacts of Christian detached youth work. Journal of Youth and Theology, 16(2), pp. 89-116. ISSN 1741-0819
Christian youth work: teaching faith, filling churches or response to social need?
Stanton, Naomi. 2012. Christian youth work: teaching faith, filling churches or response to social need? Journal of Beliefs and Values, 33(3), pp. 385-403. ISSN 1361-7672
Clyne, A (2015) Uncovering youth ministry’s professional narrative. Youth & Policy No. 115 pp. 19-42
Cooper, T & White, R (1994) Models of youth work intervention. Youth Studies Australia. pp. 30-35
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Take care,
Aaron Garth