PRACTICAL THEOLOGY, SPIRITUALITY, and FORMATION
WORSHIP WITH TEENAGERS Adolescent Spirituality and Congregational Practice Eric L. Mathis Despite numerous research projects, books, articles, and resources that have been published about teenagers and about worship in recent years, the relationship between the two has been only peripherally addressed if not altogether overlooked. This book addresses the vital role of public Christian worship in adolescent spiritual formation and shows how important youth ministry and worship ministry are to each other. Drawing on his extensive experience in worship ministry and youth ministry, Eric Mathis offers insights into the worship practices of teenagers, corrects common misperceptions about worship, and critically examines four prominent worship models in current practice. He invites youth pastors, worship leaders, ministerial students, and congregations to elevate the voices of young people in the worshiping community and enhance worship for all ages. “Mathis has written a book unlike any I have read in youth ministry. . . . Somehow Mathis manages to view everything we have learned to call youth ministry— from revivals to YMCAs to parachurch ministries to staid youth groups in church basements—through the aperture of worship, which, after all, is the point.” —KENDA CREASY DEAN (from the foreword) “This book is one all pastors and youth workers should read.” —ANDREW ROOT, Luther Seminary; author of The Congregation in a Secular Age “This book challenges simplistic limits that we too often impose on intergenerational communities and particular generational cohorts and invites us to a richer and deeper way of worshiping together.” —JOHN D. WITVLIET, Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Calvin University “Mathis’s book is essential reading for church leaders wanting to revitalize their congregation.” —LIM SWEE HONG ( 林瑞峰 ), Emmanuel College, Victoria University, University of Toronto “A vision like this—one that understands teenagers less as a demographic and more as disciples—is a glorious challenge for worship pastors like me.” —ZAC HICKS, canon for liturgy and worship, Cathedral Church of the Advent, Birmingham, Alabama
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Eric L. Mathis (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is associate pastor of faith formation, worship arts, and young adults at the First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, DC. He previously served as associate dean, associate profes- sor, and founding executive director of the Center for Worship and the Arts at Samford University.
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