Passing on the Faith: by Strommen & Hardel

Author: Strommen & Hardel

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Passing on the Faith

A Radical New Model for Youth and Family Ministry

Merton P. Strommen, PhD and Richard A. Hardel, D Min

Strommen and Hardel present a radically new (yet ancient) model of faith formation. The family is restored to the center of the faith growth process, with the congregation and community as integral, active partners. The new model is based on the extensive research of Search Institute and the Youth and Family Institute of Augsburg College. Here theory is given flesh by the authors' pastoral experiences.

With its helpful chapter notes, bibliography, list of resource contacts, and index, this book is an excellent text for college and seminary courses in youth and family ministry, and a useful reference book for community and school libraries. With its narrative style, ideas, anecdotes, charts and graphs, and activities, it also is an excellent resource for pastors, youth ministers, family ministers and community leaders.
What are people saying about
Passing on the Faith?

"Passing on the Faith makes an effective, credible case for partnership between families and their churches in the faith formation of young people. It is extensively researched, well organized, and filled with models and ideas for the home and the parish or congregation. Catholic readers especially will find in it a strong echo and practical reinforcement of what the U.S. bishops have proposed about an integral and collaborative approach to youth ministry that honors the role of family as domestic church." Richard McCord, director of U.S. Catholic Bishops Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women and Youth

"Passing on the Faith is the most comprehensive conceptualization of youth and family ministry to date. Strommen's solid research combined with Hardel's imaginative ministry experience provides scholars and practitioners a rich resource for both academia and congregations. Longstanding wisdom and fresh ideas come together in an honest, holistic approach to ministry applicable in a wide variety of settings and faith traditions." Dr. Roland Martinson, professor of pastoral care and theology at Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota

"Parents, pastors, community leaders, parents, and seminarians will cheer the arrival of this book. Merton Strommen and Richard Hardel--venerable voices in the movement to reclaim the ministry of families--have teamed up to write a wise and weighty volume that puts family in the forefront of faith formation. This is no naive treatise on family values; Strommen and Hardel approach their task as veterans, and have composed a tome of theological sensitivity and practical wisdom brimming with powerful, concrete examples from communities that already enact the kind of ministry they espouse. I recommend this book wholeheartedly--and with high hopes the church may listen." Rev. Kendra Creasy Dean, assistant professor of youth, church, and culture at Princeton Theological Seminary

Contents
Foreword
Preface
1. What Is Youth and Family Ministry?
2. Strengthening Family Relationships
3. Fostering Close Relationships with God
4. Faith-Focused Christian Education
5. Congregations as Family
6. Creating a Christian Youth Subculture
7. Healthy Communities, Healthy Children
8. Transforming Today's Culture
9. From Vision to Action
Chapter Notes
Resource Contact List
Additional Works Consulted
Index

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated
Physical Info: 0.77" H x 9.04" L x 5.98" W (1.29 lbs) 368 pages
Publisher: Saint Mary's Press
US SRP: $ 22.95 US
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: January 2000

Additional Information
CPC Categories:
- Christian Living | Relationships | Parenting
- Church & Ministry | Church Life | Roman Catholicism
Categories:
| Family Concerns
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Life | Parenting
- Religion | Christian Theology | Catholic
LC Subjects:
- Christian education - Church work with families
- Church work with youth - Family
- Parent and teenager - Religious life
- Youth
Themes:
Religious Orientation | Catholic
Theometrics | Catholic
Religious Orientation | Christian
Topical | Family

Passing on the Faith: by Strommen & Hardel Author: Strommen & Hardel
	Item#	Binding	isbn - 10	Price
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Strommen and Hardel present a radically new (yet ancient) model of faith formation. The family is restored to the center of the faith growth process, with the congregation and community as integral, active partners.

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