Talk:Youth ministry
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[edit] Parameters of this Article
I appreciate that this article grew out of a more narrowly written earlier piece ('Youth Ministry (Evangelical)' that might still be better titled 'Youth Ministry (American Evangelical)'), but I wonder if the parameters have now been set a little too wide? The term 'Ministry' in the sense of a 'religious ministry' is generally specific to christianity (although I appreciate Unitarian Universalists also use the term and bow to HellaNorCal's superior knowledge). But does Judaism and Islam use the term? I appreciate that they do engage in the equivelent of youth ministry (and that whatever they do is worthy of an article), but I question whether they give it that name... which might explain why nobody has yet felt the urge to filling those sections of the article. Any thoughts? Ray Ellis 23:20, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] POV
Added POV template, this article is full of issues. What sticks out most to me are "Christian Youth Ministry is usually geared toward bringing students together, telling them about Jesus Christ, and encouraging them to accept him as their personal Lord and Savior." and "...there are several ongoing programs for youth to discover, learn and enjoy their faith."
- I don't agree thats its 'full of issues' (especially not my bit :-) ). But I do agree that its a bit messy and badly written in places. The protestant bit that you quote jars with me too, but mainly because it oversimplifies one aspect of Youth Ministry (evangelism), rather than any POV issues. It was on my list of things to amend. If you have oth POV issues I would sugest you either change them yourself (its not a long article after all), or list them here. Incidentally, if you are going to amend articles or add POV boxes, it would be helpful if you would create an ID for yourself and sign your posts. Ray Ellis 17:16, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
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- Ray I liked what you have written, I suggest that if you are interested you expand this article. I have only a minimal interest in this subject, so I will not be doing much more. I was just cleaning it up a bit, and in the process made a mistake that you very rightly corrected me on.Foolishben 04:32, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
