Biblical Literacy with Youth

by Augsburg Fortress Publishers on Aug 13, 2010

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Youth ministry is tough- and helping youth develop biblical literacy can prove to be unique challenge. Join us as we explore creative ways to help youth encounter, engage, and respond to scripture.

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Youth ministry is tough- and helping youth develop biblical literacy can prove to be unique challenge. Join us as we explore creative ways to help youth encounter, engage, and respond to scripture.

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Encounter, Engage, Respond: Biblical Literacy with Youth
Chad King
© Augsburg Fortress, 2010

Session Goals
Identify key characteristics of healthy biblical literacy
Examine age-appropriate characteristics, options and strategies
Leave with at least one practical idea to put into action this fall

Two Terms:
Youth
Biblical Literacy

Why does it matter?
The problem facing the Christian Church is not that people lack a complete set of beliefs; the problem is that they have a full slate of beliefs in mind, which they think are consistent with biblical teachings, and they are neither open to being proven wrong nor to learning new insights. Our research suggests that this challenge initially emerges in the late adolescent or early teenage years. By the time most Americans reach the age of 13 or 14, they think they pretty much know everything of value the Bible has to teach and they are no longer interested in learning more scriptural content.

Why does it matter?
It requires increasingly concise, creative, reinforced, and personally relevant efforts to penetrate people’s minds with new or more accurate insights into genuinely biblical principles. In a culture driven by the desire to receive value, more Bible teaching is generally not viewed as an exercise in providing such value.”
-Barna Group, 2009

Age-Specifics

4-6 graders
7-8 graders
9-10 graders
11-12 graders

4-6 graders
What categorizes this group?
What are they especially good at?

4-6 graders

Concrete learning and thinking
Rote learning
Memorization
Relationships are concrete

7-8 graders
What categorizes this group?
What are they especially good at?

7-8 graders

Memorization is still a strength
Abstract thinking manifests
Empathy begins to slowly emerge

9-10 graders
What categorizes this group?
What are they especially good at?

9-10 graders

Memorization shifts to meditation
Empathy becomes more fully formed
Community

11-12 graders
What categorizes this group?
What are they especially good at?

11-12 graders

Comfortable with abstract ideas
Rich internal perspective
Empathy helps shape decisions

A few last thoughts…
Get your kids an appropriate Bible to read and study.
Get to know the context of your kids.
Trust the power of scripture to transform your kids.

So what are you going to do?

Questions, Comments?
Thank you!

Biblical Literacy with Youth

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