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"The story of Jesus in the temple, at age twelve, is essentially a story of """"teenage rebellion""""--leaving parents, doing self-planned activities. The end of the story is that he """"grew in stature and wisdom."""" This demonstrates an element in the process of developing from a child into an adult. This inevitable process of development from child to adult is a physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual process that should result in self-identity. This is not an information-related intellectual process. It is inevitable and a divinely designed developmental human process. This book explains how such a developmental process can, and should, be the fundamental basis for a youth ministry program."

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"""This insightful book is the result of many years of ministry with young people. John Edward Rawlinson makes a compassionate and compelling case for creating conditions whereby young people can thrive within congregations and beyond. The book is filled with practical advice and theological reflection."" --Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook, professor of practical theology, religious education, and Christian histories, Claremont School of Theology"

"""This insightful book is the result of many years of ministry with young people. John Edward Rawlinson makes a compassionate and compelling case for creating conditions whereby young people can thrive within congregations and beyond. The book is filled with practical advice and theological reflection."" --Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook, professor of practical theology, religious education, and Christian histories, Claremont School of Theology"

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John Edward Rawlinson is retired from thirty-eight years in a inner city multi-ethnic congregation in which he engaged youth ministries on diocesan, parochial, and community-based levels. He earned a PhD in church history from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California.

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