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It Takes a Village — And We Need It Back

This week on The Shock Absorber podcast

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Tim Beilharz
Dec 15, 2024
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If a senior saint from your church passes away, how many of your church’s teenagers will come to their funeral?

This is perhaps a morbid hypothetical, but it may be an indicator of how well your ministry to young people is going. It would indicate how established the relationships are between the generations in your church and how interdependent their discipleship is.

This week on The Shock Absorber podcast, Joel McMaster and I round off the miniseries of Soul Revival Church’s theology, strategy and practice regarding ministry to young people.

Along the way, we discuss:

  • Why a child’s faith is real faith

  • The difficulties with transition points in children’s and youth ministry

  • The importance of establishing relational webs for young people

  • Ministry practices that help establish these relationships

  • And the only good thing about Disney’s live-action Aladdin

Listen along on your favourite podcast platform, or watch the conversation on the YouTube link below.

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