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• 05.28.08
  Will the Mainline Church Lead the Way in Youth Ministry?
  Ecclesiology, Youth Ministry (4)

  A quick thought that needs to be thought out some more: I have witnessed an interesting trend lately, though only anecdotally, so it might not mean anything: many of my youth ministry friends who grew up in conservative evangelicalism are turning to mainline churches (i.e. big centralized denominations: Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, etc.). In thinking through the differences between evangelicalism and mainline churches I am beginning to think that the mainline church is better poised theologically to lead the way into a new way of thinking about and practicing youth ministry (and I've detailed elsewhere on this blog some of ...