http://www.thejournalofstudentministries.com en-us N/A smitty@thejournalofstudentministries.com Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:37:25 PST 20 http://www.thejournalofstudentministries.com/articles/205/1/From-the-aMystery-of-Mea-to-the-aMission-of-Wea/Page1.html Faith shaping in the lives of an adolescent is, among other essentials, fundamentally about two key factors: Helping a young person along the path of discovering her identity, and helping her realize her calling in life. ]]> no@spam.com (Chris Folmsbee) Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:09:29 PST http://www.thejournalofstudentministries.com/articles/205/1/From-the-aMystery-of-Mea-to-the-aMission-of-Wea/Page1.html http://www.thejournalofstudentministries.com/articles/192/1/Toward-A-More-Missional-Approach/Page1.html It can be difficult, a challenge at the very least, to reprioritize our approach to youth ministry away from attractional to missional.

At the risk of oversimplification, attractional youth ministries are largely focused on getting students in the door, and missional youth ministries are largely focused on sending students out the door. While some attractional mantras might echo, “If we could just get them in the door, we could convince them of who Jesus is and their need for Jesus in their lives.” But a missional mantra might be heard stated more like, “If we could just get them out the door with the passion for being and doing God’s work and accomplishing God’s mission, we could help them convince others of their need for Jesus.” ]]> no@spam.com (Chris Folmsbee) Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:51:33 PDT http://www.thejournalofstudentministries.com/articles/192/1/Toward-A-More-Missional-Approach/Page1.html http://www.thejournalofstudentministries.com/articles/185/1/Youth-Ministry-and-Narrative-Intelligence-/Page1.html I am hearing a wonderful amount of chatter around ’story’ and the art of storytelling in youth ministry. What I am thinking more about these days, however, isn’t our ability to craft good stories and tell them well. What I have been absorbed by lately is what is commonly referred to by some as narrative intelligence, which is the ability and capacity to think in story. ]]> no@spam.com (Chris Folmsbee) Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:15:49 PST http://www.thejournalofstudentministries.com/articles/185/1/Youth-Ministry-and-Narrative-Intelligence-/Page1.html http://www.thejournalofstudentministries.com/articles/120/1/Threads-of-Thinking/Page1.html
[For more about the “flattening” of youth ministry, see the January/February 2008 “Re-Culturing Youth Ministry” column.]

]]> no@spam.com (Chris Folmsbee) Mon, 12 May 2008 14:09:22 PDT http://www.thejournalofstudentministries.com/articles/120/1/Threads-of-Thinking/Page1.html http://www.thejournalofstudentministries.com/articles/87/1/The-Flattening-of-Youth-Ministry/Page1.html
By flattening I mean that youth ministry is leveling out.  I’m not speaking about ways that for-profit and non-profit organizations may be changing, whether they’re old or new.

]]> no@spam.com (Chris Folmsbee) Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:36:07 PDT http://www.thejournalofstudentministries.com/articles/87/1/The-Flattening-of-Youth-Ministry/Page1.html http://www.thejournalofstudentministries.com/articles/40/1/The-Disciple-as-Refuge/Page1.html no@spam.com (Chris Folmsbee) Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:03:15 PST http://www.thejournalofstudentministries.com/articles/40/1/The-Disciple-as-Refuge/Page1.html http://www.thejournalofstudentministries.com/articles/15/1/The-Disciple-As-Wanderer/Page1.html
]]> no@spam.com (Chris Folmsbee) Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:30:15 PST http://www.thejournalofstudentministries.com/articles/15/1/The-Disciple-As-Wanderer/Page1.html