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David M. Csinos

Autor(a) de Children's Ministry in the Way of Jesus

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David M. Csinos is associate professor of practical theology at Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax, Nova Scot's, and founder and president of Faith Forward, an ecumenical organization for innovation in ministry with children, youth, and families. He is the author of several books, including mostrar mais Little Theologians: Children, Culture, and the Making of Theological Meaning and Children's Ministry in the Way of Jesus. mostrar menos

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“’I don’t know that we can have a new kind of Christianity if it’s just for adults and we don’t find a way to pass … these new faith traditions and rituals that we’re creating, along to our young people.’” Melvin Bray’s words resonated with Ontario native David M. Csinos and Ivy Beckwith. Children’s Ministry in the Way of Jesus—a blueprint for children’s ministry in postmodern, emergent churches—is the result.

The first four chapters lay out the practical and theological necessities for such a book. They envision a ministry posited on “new forms of Christianity,” heavy on formation, light on salvation:
“If children are born already in connection with God … then helping them learn theological doctrines necessary to cross the bridge from damnation to salvation seems inappropriate” p. 57.


The authors are highly critical of children’s ministry as it has evolved through the modern era, claiming the emphasis on entertainment and teaching children about God has produced shallow Sunday-Christians.

On the other hand their formation methods will cultivate, they say, “a generation of disciples who follow Jesus with the whole of their being” p. 187. Methods include strategic choices of content, encouraging questions and doubts, intergenerational involvement and mentorship, an emphasis on hospitality, social justice, and more.

The first four chapters left me with a lot of questions. What are these “new forms of Christianity”? If children are born already in connection with God what was the point of Jesus’ death?

The book’s practical chapters make many good points. I don’t think there is a Sunday School teacher alive who isn’t teaching with the hope of making lifelong disciples. Some of Csinos’ and Beckwith’s ideas would certainly help with that. However, I would suggest that readers may want to examine the theological underpinnings of Children’s Ministry in the Way of Jesus before jumping wholeheartedly on the bandwagon.

This review was first published in Faith Today, November/December 2013 issue.

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Violet_Nesdoly | Jan 4, 2015 |
Transformation: essential for spiritual life.
 
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kijabi1 | Sep 28, 2012 |

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Obras
8
Membros
93
Popularidade
#200,859
Avaliação
½ 3.5
Críticas
2
ISBN
12

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