Educational settlements. Mark Freeman explores their development and the role that Quakerism played. [See, also, our feature on educational settlements].
Re-creating America: youth ministry
and social change, 1930-1999.
Jon
Pahl explores the youth ministries of Walther
Leaguers, Young Christian Workers, Youth for Christ members, and the
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore and
finds a
nuanced history.
Fred Milson: developing the practice of youth and community work. Fred Milson was an influential writer and trainer who did much to develop youth and community work practice within the Methodist church and the Youth Service generally. He was also an important contributor to national policy debates. Here we assess his contribution.
The emergence of Christian youth work (youthwork) and youth ministry - where did Christian youth work (youthwork) come from? We examine the emergence of the work and in, particular, focus on some often overlooked traditions and pioneers.
Christian youth work: from the brigades to the church youth club. We review the development of uniformed organizations (such as the Boys Brigade and Guiding and Scouting); the contributions to thinking and practice made by settlements and missions; and the emergence of the church youth club.
Social
education, group work and professionalization. The outward form
of the youth work undertaken by most churches changed little in the
thirty or so years up until well into the 1970s. However, there were
changes in approach. The professionalization and ‘secularization’ of
the youth work field generally had an impact on what was happening
in church youth groups and in Christian agencies. There were also
some important innovations in practice, especially in the areas of
project, detached and evangelical work, but it was the focus on
social education and group work that was probably of more
significance.
Evangelical youthwork (youth work) and youth ministry. There were fundamental shifts in the shape and nature of Christian youthwork (youth work) in the last half of the twentieth century. These included professionalization, the re-emergence of evangelical youthwork (youth work) as a significant force, and the development of youth ministry. Here we provide provide an overview of these developments and to articles within the encyclopedia of informal education dealing with different aspects of the phenomenon.
