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    One Generation From Extinction: How the Church Connects With the Unchurched Child

    By Mark Griffiths

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    When Robert Raikes started his first Sunday School in 1780, he saw his idea grow to reach 300,000 unchurched children within five years - this in a nation widely ignorant of Christian ideas and values. Mark Griffiths has used Raikes' pioneering work in examining child evangelism in the UK. Working from extensive local and national research (leading to a PhD), he considers how children 'tick', what basic theology is at work in Christian outreach, and what constitutes best practice in child evangelism. His text is studded with insights and observations, and brings together the author's passion for his subject with the rigour of careful research. This is an unparalleled resource, laying the foundations of future growth.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMonarch Books
    Release dateNov 20, 2009
    ISBN9780857213686
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    One Generation From Extinction: How the Church Connects With the Unchurched Child
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    Mark Griffiths

    Revd Dr Mark Griffiths is a Practical Theologian. He is tutor in Missional Research and Practical Theology and also oversees Children, Young People and Family Ministry at St Padarn's Institute, the training arm of the Church in Wales. He has led and been involved in leading several growing churches, holding positions from Children's Pastor and Associate Minister, to Senior Leader and was New Wine's Head of Children and Family Ministry for 13 years. He has written 9 books primarily on family ministry and its links to church growth.

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      With a smaller and smaller percentage of children in the UK having any contact with church, the author, a seasoned practitioner in the field, is passionate about reconnecting with them. He looks at the original Sunday School movement, and how it developed to reach out successfully to a similarly unchurched context. He compares this with modern Children's Outreach projects, looking for the important similarities and differences.On the basis of this comparison he makes practical recommendations for the most effective ways for churches to reach out to children with God's good news. In doing this, he does not shy away from critiquing strongly some aspects of the prevalent models of outreach being used today. This book is based on Mark's PhD dissertation, this means that it is thorough and closely argued. It does also mean that it is not a quick "how to" guide. Its contents demand careful thought and reflection, which I believe can help us to engage with children who have no contact with God's people.