Father absence and adolescents as a challenge to youth ministry

dc.contributor.authorYi, Hyunok
dc.contributor.authorNel, Malan
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-16T12:22:04Z
dc.date.available2020-10-16T12:22:04Z
dc.date.issued2020-03-19
dc.descriptionThis 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.abstractYouth 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.departmentPractical Theologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2020en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.indieskriflig.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationYi, 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.issn1018-6441 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2305-0853 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/ids.v54i1.2503
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/76513
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS Open Journalsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2020. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectYouth ministryen_ZA
dc.subjectFather absenceen_ZA
dc.subjectAdolescenceen_ZA
dc.subjectUninvolved fathersen_ZA
dc.subjectYoung adults
dc.subjectChurch
dc.subjectGod
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-01
dc.subject.otherSDG-01: No poverty
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-03
dc.subject.otherSDG-03: Good health and well-being
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-04
dc.subject.otherSDG-04: Quality education
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-05
dc.subject.otherSDG-05: Gender equality
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-10
dc.subject.otherSDG-10: Reduced inequalities
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-16
dc.subject.otherSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.titleFather absence and adolescents as a challenge to youth ministryen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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