"Growing Young" in Australian Baptist Churches: Surveying Formation, Belonging and Mission

Australian Baptist Churches are seeking to respond to the broader trend of increasing disengagement of young people from church and faith. This article discusses Australian Baptist perspectives on generational ministries from the 2016 National Church Life Survey and interviews of generational pastor...

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Published in:Exchange
Main Author: Cronshaw, Darren (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Exchange
IxTheo Classification:KBS Australia; Oceania
KDG Free church
RF Christian education; catechetics
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B faith formation
B children's ministry
B Youth Ministry
B Baptist church
B Mission
B Creation Care
B Generations
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Summary:Australian Baptist Churches are seeking to respond to the broader trend of increasing disengagement of young people from church and faith. This article discusses Australian Baptist perspectives on generational ministries from the 2016 National Church Life Survey and interviews of generational pastors and young adults. In conversation with Fuller Youth Institute's research, it explores how churches are "growing young": fostering spiritual formation and discipleship with a range of spiritual practices; cultivating relationships and belonging including less "siloed" and more "generational" connections; and catalysing holistic mission including faith-sharing, community service and creation care.
ISSN:1572-543X
Contains:Enthalten in: Exchange
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/1572543X-12341519