Youth workers want to disciple teenagers into Christian maturity. Over time, we hope they move on from spiritual milk, towards spiritual meat. This is the vision of worldview formation - but what’s that really look like and how do we disciple accordingly?
What do you mean by worldview, and what are some pillars of a distinctively Christian worldview?
As the Director of Worldview Formation as WBU, what are some challenges you’ve encountered with college students?
What counsel do you have for youth ministers to help their students begin forming a Christian Worldview while in middle school and high school?
If you could choose two or three areas to really focus on as we disciple teenagers, what would you emphasize?
I don’t think you’ll need to persuade our listeners too much, but if you were talking with a parent who doesn’t think their teenager needs doctrine or theology, how would you respond?
As we wrap up, is there a final word of encouragement or admonition you’d like to say to the youth workers listening?
Dr. Rhyne Putman is associate a Professor of Theology and Culture at NOBTS vice president of academic affairs and director of worldview formation at Williams Baptist University and associate professor of theology at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of When Doctrine Divides the People of God and The Method of Christian Theology: A Basic Introduction, In Defense of Doctrine.
Resources
10 Questions Every Teenager Should Ask (and answer), by Rebecca McLaughlin
The True Story of the Whole World, by Michael Goheen
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