Jesus at Twelve: A Mandate for Youth Ministry
Ebook
The story of Jesus in the temple, at age twelve, is essentially a story of "teenage rebellion"--leaving parents, doing self-planned activities. The end of the story is that he "grew in stature and wisdom." This demonstrates an element in the process of developing from a child into an adult. This inevitable process of development from child to adult is a physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual process that should result in self-identity. This is not an information-related intellectual process. It is inevitable and a divinely designed developmental human process. This book explains how such a developmental process can, and should, be the fundamental basis for a youth ministry program.
“This insightful book is the result of many years of ministry with young people. John Edward Rawlinson makes a compassionate and compelling case for creating conditions whereby young people can thrive within congregations and beyond. The book is filled with practical advice and theological reflection.”
—Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook, professor of practical theology, religious education, and Christian histories, Claremont School of Theology
- Title: Jesus at Twelve: A Mandate for Youth Ministry
- Author: John Edward Rawlinson
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9798385202201, 9798385202188, 9798385202195
- Resource ID: LLS:9798385202201
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-12-27T20:43:49Z
John Edward Rawlinson is retired from thirty-eight years in a inner city multi-ethnic congregation in which he engaged youth ministries on diocesan, parochial, and community-based levels. He earned a PhD in church history from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California.