79: How Catechesis Can Strengthen Your Discipleship (Skyler Flowers & Parker Hudson)

Every youth leader wants to see their teenagers grow into mature and godly adults. At the same time, we often struggle to clearly define what discipleship is and what it looks like. After all, if everything in our youth ministry falls under the category of discipleship then we’ve probably watered down the category of discipleship so much it doesn’t really mean anything at all.  Discussion Questions  What is catechesis and what’s drawn your attention towards it?  Catechesis tends to remain a known practice in Anglican and other Reformed traditions, but not so much in Baptist churches. Why do you think Baptistic churches tend to overlook catechesis and why is it worth recovering?  What are some of the core elements of a robust but practical catechetical program in youth ministry?  Can you paint a word picture for me or give some practical suggestions about what this really looks like in practice?  Catechetical Discipleship is about so much more than rote memorization of Questions and Answers… can you speak to the role of relational discipleship?  Skyler Flowers is an associate pastor over family discipleship at Grace Bible Church in Oxford, Mississippi, as well as the associate program director at TGC’s Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics.  Parker Hudson serves on the Steering Committee for the Rooted Ministry and has been a youth pastor for 8 years. Resources Mentioned in this Episode: Bavinck, The Wonderful Works of God Harned, Creed and Personal Identity Emert, The Water and the Blood New City Catechism Your own church’s statement of faith Chatraw, Telling a Better Story Trueman, Crisis of Confidence Packer & Parrett, Grounded in the Gospel McGarry, A Biblical Theology of Youth Ministry YPT’s Teaching Workshop, Online Cohort, forthcoming Curriculum Join YPT's Facebook group: @youththeologian (make sure you answer the membership questions) Follow YPT on Twitter: @youththeologian Follow YPT on Instagram: @youththeologian YPT's ebook, Youth Ministry is Theological Ministry, is a free download for subscribers. This book presents ten articles from the YPT archives to help new readers catch YPT's vision for theologically rich and pastorally wise youth ministry.