The at 91福利社 has launched a redesigned website that offers powerful features for those engaged in reaching out to Generation Z and beyond.
The Global Center was established by the 91福利社 College of Christian Studies and to provide youth ministry resources to assist ministry leaders in the U.S. as well as other nations and cultures.
The Global Center鈥檚 new website offers a colorful, attractive, intuitive interface that simplifies locating blogs, videos and other helpful resources. Also on the new website is a new podcast series.
The first features an interview with Amy-Jo Girardier, women鈥檚 minister at Brentwood Baptist, a large congregation in Nashville, Tennessee. Girardier, who was girls minister at the time the interview was recorded, talks about engaging and ministering to Gen Z girls.
Soon to be added will be a series of videos, which Dr. Tim McKnight, professor of youth ministry and director of the Global Center for Youth Ministry, says will form a curriculum for a new accreditation program for youth ministers. The program is aimed at those involved in youth ministry on a part-time, voluntary or bivocational basis.
鈥淲e鈥檙e shooting the first level of videos鈥攖here will be six videos, about 15-20 minutes each, and they have to watch these videos and respond to them,鈥� McKnight said, adding that videos, planned to be launched in January 2022, will be offered as an affordable resource to those engaged in youth ministry. The videos will cover areas including biblical and theological foundations for youth ministry, evangelism, discipleship, family, culture and leadership.
鈥淥ur big concern is really equipping and encouraging youth pastors. That鈥檚 really what it鈥檚 all about and we鈥檙e hoping that certification program provides help for churches, for these bivocational and volunteers to have some sort of structure equipping, that will help them, so the podcast and the blog post are icing on the cake, but the big thing on the website is going to be those videos when we put them up,鈥� McKnight said.
Dr. Sam Totman, director of external relations at Clamp Divinity School and adjunct professor of Christian Studies, created the new website. Also, Totman is McKnight鈥檚 co-host on the podcasts.
鈥淓ventually we want to have that translated into different languages for partners that we have around the world,鈥� said McKnight. 鈥淲e already have a partnership in Jakarta, Indonesia, so we鈥檇 love to see those videos translated into Indonesian by an Indonesian speaker. I鈥檝e already been over there and done conferences and a youth camp for the Global Center in Jakarta.
As youth ministers face challenges in reaching out to today鈥檚 youth, the Global Center comes alongside them, offering roundtables with other youth pastors, something McKnight would like to see happening across South Carolina.
The Global Center has assembled academic fellows and practitioner fellows from around the country to speak into all facets of youth ministry. These include Scott Pace from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, John Paul Basham from Lifeway Students and Clayton King of Clayton King Ministries.
Visit the Global Center for Youth Ministry website at .