To mark this milestone, this series of extracts or summaries reflects on aspects of youth policy and youth work practice over the past 25 years as featured in the 100th issue.
THE CHANGING WORLD'S VIEW OF CHRISTIAN YOUTH WORK
Mary-Ann Clayton and Naomi Stanton
This article explores the key changes Christian youth work has experienced since the 1980s. It addresses the tensions between Christian and secular youth work, and explores some of the sticky subjects such as evangelism and the apparent lack of boundaries in some faith-based work. It recognises the difference in worldviews promoted by Christian and secular youth work to be the source of tension, and argues that neither is more subjective than the other. It also looks at the professionalisation of Christian youth work.
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