The Sacredly Mobile Adolescent:
A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study Toward Revising Of The Third
Culture Kid Typology For Effective Ministry Practice In A Multivalent Culture
Jeff Keuss and Rob Willett

"The sacredly mobile adolescent" offers a grounded yet fluid designation for what occurs in contemporary adolescent formation.  Using a hermeneutic phenomenological study of 75  sacredly mobile individuals with 40 respondents that would be designated "missionary kids" or "third culture kids" alongside Augustine's work on identity and biblical concepts of exile and place, we conclude that the "sacredly mobile" conceptualization may apply to more and more adolescents and therefore all youth ministers should think about the role of mobility and place in identity formation.

Psychological Type Profile Of Religiously Committed Male And Female
Canadian Baptist Youth: A Study Among Participants At Tidal Impact
Bruce G. Fawcett, Leslie J. Francis, and Mandy Robbins 

A sample of 479 female and 274 male religiously committed Canadian youth over the age of 11 years completed the Adolescent Form of the Francis Psychological Type Scales (FPTSA) within the context of a weeklong mission and service event sponsored by the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches. The data demonstrated strong preferences for intuition among both males (75%) and females (66%), and strong preferences for feeling among both males (86%) and females (92%). Females demonstrated stronger preferences for judging (61%) compared with males (39%). Both sexes demonstrated similar preferences for extraversion (52% among females and 49% among males). The most frequently occurring type among both males (22%) and females (20%) was ENFP. The implications of these findings are discussed for youth ministry and for potential recruitment into ordained ministry. 

A Preliminary Evaluation Of A Comprehensive Abstinence-Based
Program For Minority Church Youth: Implications For Youth Ministers
Michael E. Sherr and Preston Dyer

This study describes preliminary outcomes of a comprehensive abstinence-based program delivered to African American and Hispanic youth at church. Using a time-limited pretest-posttest design, 248 youth participated in the study. Analysis using paired-samples t tests, effect sizes calculated using Cohen's d, and McNemar's test, provide initial evidence for youth ministers to consider the church as playing a transformational role in working to help teens develop healthy relationships and reduce high-risk behaviors.

Processing The Experience: 
From Critical Incident To Transformative Encounter
J. Jordan Henderson

This article looks at the methodology being utilized by Orthodox Youth Outreach (OYO) and Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF) in aiding students to process their short-term mission experiences. Drawing from principles of transformative learning and helpful insights from other leaders in the field of short-term missions, the author adapts the Jeffrey Mitchell model of Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) to develop a methodology that has proven helpful to high school and college students in processing their mission team experience, and integrating this experience into their Christian life upon return home. 

Post-Modernity's Influence On African Urban Christian Youth
Eda M. Esilaba and Richard L. Starcher 

Post-modernity's influence has been studied extensively in the West and perhaps in South Africa, but the rest of Africa remains largely ignorant of this philosophical movement and its impact on people's thinking. This study explored post-modernity's impact in Nairobi, Kenya revealing that post-modernity was a major influence in the lives of certain African urban Christian youth. It suggested they held truth to be relative and embraced religious pluralism but valued (Christian) community very highly. They exhibited an obvious struggle with Christianity's exclusivity claims. The study concludes with recommendations for youth ministry in urban Africa.

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