Stu, Tim and Joel continue to debate ideas around Stu's phD and the Four Views of Youth Ministry. Just like the book, Tim has his rebuttal ready and waiting for Stu's announcement last episode of leaning more towards the Strategic approach than before. Stu gets to respond, while also reflecting that it's too hard to get feisty when he agrees with someone as much as he does with Tim!

The discussion though leads to questions about models of youth ministry and it's impacts. Mark Senter says that no one in the church listens to anybody in the congregation under 30. Should a church simply plant a new service location with a younger generation, or can the generations accommodate one another?

Is the Shock Absorber a new model or just an extension of the Strategic approach? How does it affect church planting? The differences between para-church ministry v local church ministry and what changes in ministry when it is approached holistically.

00:00 Intro
03:06 Beyond the Wall: East Germany
13:14 Different approaches affect the whole
22:55 Tim's rebuttal to Stu
29:53 Stu responds
36:23 Local church matters
48:33 Will the generations accommodate one another?
53:35 The Shock Absorber: A new approach? Or an extension of the Strategic approach?
1:00:45 Question from Aaron on the Strategic approach and the Anglican Church

DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE

Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 by Katja Hoyer
Four Views of Youth Ministry and the Church
Aspire podcast

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