Youth ministry is a career that I feel will suit me very well. I love being around kids and spreading the Word to the young people of the world. I want to touch every person I work with both spiritually and emotionally. I will use my knowledge and love of God to do so. Youth Ministry is not only a career…it is a calling.
Youth ministry originated during the industrial revolution period, in the 19th century. When young men and women started moving into the more central urban areas of cities to start working, the churches started to take notice. They wanted to formally educate the men, women, and adolescence during the urbanization period. A desirable effect was not only education, but rather an awakening to mainly teens. The ministers wanted the teens to realize that through the bible, that they are sinners and need forgiveness. In the 1850s, the YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) and the YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association) were created through the roots of youth ministry. Youth ministry basically takes mostly teens who either have a strong faith, or are somewhat lost in their faith, and tries to encourage them to become even more engaged in their religion.
There are hundreds of thousands of youth ministers all around the globe. Sadly, the trends in youth ministry are slowly starting to decline. A major contributing factor to this issue…is church attendance. Society today has taken a sad turn for the worst, and most people don’t know who Jesus is. I want to be one of the people to make at least the smallest difference in this issue. Since less people are not going to church, it means that less money goes into the offering. Less money in the church means not enough money to pay the people who work at the church. Ex...
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...n hour, and about $43,660 annually. The amount of earnings I make would have to depend on denomination, congregation size, experience, and location. I am going to have to refer to something I said earlier. Because church population is declining, it means that pay for the church employees will decline also. Benefits of being a youth minister can include dental and health benefits, paid insurance policies, contributions to retirement home plans, and paid sick and vacation days.
There is not much to advance in with this field. Once again, it would depend on location, denomination, size of congregation, and experience. I would not need any additional training for any extra duties.
I still have not changed my mind on this career. The amount of money I make or how big of a house I may live in will not keep me from helping the people of the world connect with God.
For the past two years, I have been the treasurer for the Little River Cumberland Valley District Youth. The L.R.C.V.D.Y is made up of about twenty Baptist churches. The youth of each church comes together every third Saturday and have a meeting. We talk about upcoming events, and have a lesson from a Pastor. During the meeting, I collect money to help support the youth. Once the money is collected, I count the money, and report the total to the youth and youth advisor. Then the total is wrote down and added to the total money that's in the bank. In mid-June we
From a young age, I was deeply involved in the community of faith and that swiftly led me into leadership in the church. My sense of rootedness in the church and my success in children and student ministry leadership, led me to Seattle Pacific University to pursue training in theology and educational ministry, and from there to my first call in vocational ministry as a student pastor at Kent Covenant Church where I served for e...
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There are many certificate and diploma programs in Religious Higher Education, but there has not been any research done into these programs and their effectiveness. There has been research into other educational certificates, such as vocational certificates, but not specifically religious educational certificates (Bosworth, 2010; Clark, 2002). It is the goal of this study to determine the ultimate applicability of religious education certificates and diplomas to the real world and the job market. The Certificate in Ministry and Diploma in Ministry at the South Texas School of Christian Studies will be the focus of this study. This institution has offered an 18-credit hour Certificate in Ministry (18-hours of Bible, Theology and Practical Ministry courses) for thirty years. They have recently added a 60-credit hour Diploma in Ministry to their degree offerings. It is the purpose of this study to determine if this degree has any practical applicability for gaining employment in the area of the degree as compared to those without any formal education or students with a bachelor, master or doctoral degree in the field of Religion or Theology.
The biblical worldview influences me with deciding on what career would be best for me and how I should do it. Decision making is sometimes difficult for some people, unless they feel God has given them a “calling” in a certain career
I did not always think I would end up working in the medical field. In fact, I entered a seminary out of high school to become a priest. While that did not ultimately work out, I came to the realization that my desire to enter ministry was rooted in my desire
The career field I chose is to be a firefighter. The reason why I want to be a firefighter is because they help people and prevent fires from spreading. I’ve always wanted to help people everywhere, because I don’t like it whenever if there is an accident and some people died and lost their loved ones, people talking crap about them and just talking and pointing the cameras in their face watching them cry. I want to help people and make a difference and help protect people’s life, and be someone people recognize when I walk by them.
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In ministry it is important to note that the different people involved in your ministry will be at different stages of their spiritual growth. Having an awareness of your own personal theology will be important for how you go about teaching the students who are involved in your youth ministry. One part of personal theology is spiritual formation. Duffy Robbins states that spiritual formation is, “the growing into the likeness of Jesus” (448). Another main part of personal theology is community. Understanding and having an idea of both spiritual formation and community helps with the formation of personal theology of ministry. This paper will share five areas of theology and how they relate to practical theology in youth ministry. The five areas of theology include view of God, view of people, view of sin, view of redemption, and view of scripture.