Father absence and adolescents as a challenge to youth ministry

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dc.contributor.author Yi, Hyunok
dc.contributor.author Nel, Malan
dc.date.accessioned 2020-10-16T12:22:04Z
dc.date.available 2020-10-16T12:22:04Z
dc.date.issued 2020-03-19
dc.description This is a contribution of H.Y. toward a PhD in Practical Theology with the University of Pretoria, in the field of youth ministry. M.N. served as a supervisor. (http://hdl.handle.net/2263/71384) en_ZA
dc.description.abstract 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 father’s role relative to these adolescents in a local church. The responsibility of faith communities towards children and adolescents with absent or uninvolved fathers is unquestionable. This study has its focus on youth ministry and specifically the topic of absent or uninvolved fathers and adolescents without a father figure as challenges for youth ministry in an attempt to address the concern for an effective youth ministry towards those young people with an inclusive and congregational approach. The article focuses on an empirical research with two groups: adolescents growing up without a father figure and local pastors of these adolescents. Twenty-one adolescents without a father figure and 12 local pastors of these adolescents were approached to participate in qualitative interviewing. This article seeks to describe how the adolescents feel about the absence of their fathers and God as their Father. It also presented the situation of the local church with adolescents with absent fathers and indicates that there is a lack of interaction between them and pastors or congregations. en_ZA
dc.description.department Practical Theology en_ZA
dc.description.librarian am2020 en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://www.indieskriflig.org.za en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Yi, H. & Nel, M., 2020, ‘Father absence and adolescents as a challenge to youth ministry’, In die Skriflig 54(1), a2503. https://DOI.org/ 10.4102/ids.v54i1.2503. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 1018-6441 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2305-0853 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.4102/ids.v54i1.2503
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76513
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher AOSIS Open Journals en_ZA
dc.rights © 2020. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. en_ZA
dc.subject Youth ministry en_ZA
dc.subject Father absence en_ZA
dc.subject Adolescence en_ZA
dc.subject Uninvolved fathers en_ZA
dc.subject Young adults
dc.subject Church
dc.subject God
dc.subject.other Theology articles SDG-01
dc.subject.other SDG-01: No poverty
dc.subject.other Theology articles SDG-03
dc.subject.other SDG-03: Good health and well-being
dc.subject.other Theology articles SDG-04
dc.subject.other SDG-04: Quality education
dc.subject.other Theology articles SDG-05
dc.subject.other SDG-05: Gender equality
dc.subject.other Theology articles SDG-10
dc.subject.other SDG-10: Reduced inequalities
dc.subject.other Theology articles SDG-16
dc.subject.other SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.title Father absence and adolescents as a challenge to youth ministry en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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