The traditional ideological and political education should keep pace with the times, and the physical and health education should highlight its value, and must combine the two. This study investigated on the integration path of mental health education and college students' ideological and political...
This study aims to explore the promoting effect of the combination of mental health education and ideological and political education for college students on improving their comprehensive psychological quality and ideological and political theoretical level. The research adopts a combination of syst...
Sexuality education is fundamental in higher and tertiary education institutions (HTEIs). Evidence suggests that its effective education is through translations into the first language of learners. However, in global and multilingual cultural communities such as HTEIs, the foundations for these tran...
Climate change represents the most significant challenge facing the global community. The issue in question has an impact on the younger generation, whose prospects may be jeopardised. Both younger and older generations are participating in climate movements. An illustrious instance is the School St...
Access to students' perspectives on substance abuse is essential for effective youth intervention projects development. This study aimed to explore students' perspectives on abuse of drugs and alcohol with probable development of student-led intervention strategies. The study was conducted at public...
South Africa is characterised by various socio-economic and socio-political challenges (fractures) not easily met (or healed). 'Fractures' refer to social, economic, religious, spatial, ecological, environmental, and economic injustices and other issues. Within this context, the church is confronted...
The aim of this article is to look at the development of the deacon's position in the Dutch Reformed Church of Africa by investigating the founding, development, and management of the deacon's position in the church. It is not the purpose to investigate the deacon's position from a Biblical exegetic...
The church has a key role to play in addressing the chronic levels of grief and trauma experienced by the youth in South Africa. It has a biblical mandate to bring hope and healing and has a unique station within South African society that positions it to bring about real transformation. 'Sinawe' (Z...
Contemporary Christian ministry and theological education in Africa cannot neglect her children and young people. Engaging effectively with the children and youth in Africa's cities presents a rising challenge to scholars and practitioners. In addition to the developmental issues surrounding childre...
Youth ministry as a sub-discipline of practical theology has traditionally always had an ecclesial focus. The focus was often based on the practices of proselytisation and discipleship, a sort of 'reach and teach' model whereby Christian believers would do the 'reaching and teaching' of the 'lost' y...
Climate change and environmental degradation are arguably among the most significant concerns for humanity and environmental sustainability on a worldwide scale. Today's youth are at the epicentre of discussions about ecological (in) justice, environmental consciousness, and climate change discourse...
The president of the Republic of South Africa has addressed the nation many times during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) restrictions and lockdown of 2020, and has spoken very strongly about and against the violence toward the vulnerable in our society. Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic has affec...
There has been visible evidence of youth activism regarding environmental consciousness on the global scene with some prominent voices amongst them. An increase in research on eco-theology has also been seen. Yet, it is easy to become fixated on environmentalism with regards to ozone depletion and g...
This article deals with the following question: What is the role of parents in the intergenerational faith formation of the youth for the sake of an integrated youth ministry? Several studies nationally and internationally have convincingly pointed out that parents have the biggest influence on thei...
Why are many churches in Africa inaccessible to persons with disability? This question has informed missiological qualitative research on the accessibility for persons with disability in churches in Ghana. Swinton (2002:29) coins the phrase the '"forgotten dimension' of spirituality", which depicts...
Youth ministry is to help youth - children, adolescents and young adults - to become what they were created and called to be. However, many local churches fail to notice that adolescents growing up without a father figure are an integral part of the faith community. They are inclined to neglect the...
L’éditorial expose le contenu et le déroulé du numéro autour de la notion de discernement, issue de la tradition ignatienne, telle que le pape François en préconise l’exercice, notamment dans ses exhortations Amoris laetitia et Christus vivit. C’est toute l’Église et chacun de ses membres qui sont i...
Youth ministry within an evangelical protestant epistemology has predominantly been evangelistic, with the aim of reaching and proselytising unchurched youth and youth who do not have a personal and confessed relationship with Jesus Christ. Youth ministry, however, since its inception until the cont...
The aim of this article is to gain a proper understanding and relationship between children and youth ministry. The article sought the understanding of the relationship between children and youth ministry among children and youth workers in some denominations in Nigeria. The study employed a qualita...
The evangelical church in North America is facing a crisis in its failure to retain young people. Research has shown that young people are dropping out of the church and they are not only leaving but also failing to return once they are older. This crisis did not appear in a vacuum; it is the result...
Youth within the context of faith-based organisations carry with them certain power relations and misconstrued connotations. These power relations and connotations can contribute to alienation and marginalisation. The resolutions taken at the recent synods of the three dioceses within the Western Ca...
A missiological mandate to reach out to all people is imperative as more youth ministries become multicultural and there is a need for a safe place to learn and grow spiritually within the local church. This ministry is an important issue that needs to be addressed within a changing society and a ch...
Marcher avec les jeunes exige que le « pèlerin » se remette en question, que son premier souci ne soit pas de parler, mais d’écouter. Celui qui marche avec les jeunes est à la recherche d’une beauté cachée dans le cœur des jeunes, et est appelé à créer les conditions nécessaires pour que cette beaut...
S’interroger sur la pastorale des jeunes nous oblige à questionner nos représentations et nos pratiques. Qu’est-ce qu’un jeune ? Il existe une diversité extraordinaire tant dans cette tranche d’âge que dans la manière de l’aborder. Les terrains en Belgique francophone sont variés. Les services de pa...
La mission jeunesse requiert des intervenants toujours prêts à aimer les jeunes, à les accompagner et à les écouter. À travers cette pastorale de la route, des activités, parcours, mouvements sont proposés aux jeunes comme un chemin de croissance dans toutes les dimensions de leur vie. Pour rejoindr...