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The Journal of Youth and Theology is a peer-reviewed academic journal pubished twice yearly.  Click here to access the journal online.

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About the IASYM

The International Association for the Study of Youth Ministry (IASYM) is a not-for-profit global organisation. Our aim is to support and develop the professionalisation of youth ministry around the world.  In particular, we focus on furthering the academic study and research of youth and youth ministry (children, teens and young adults), the formal teaching and training of youth ministry, and all those involved in career youth ministry and in the growth and development of youth ministry as a recognised profession. We currently have nearly 400 members, in over 40 countries. Click for more information.
Journal of Youth and Theology (November 2009) Now Available

The Journal of Youth and Theology, Volume 8, Number 2, is now available for download by all IASYM members. Site guests may access articles titles and abstracts. JYT is published twice yearly by the IASYM, and printed copies are mailed to members current at the time of the publication. In order to ensure proper delivery of the JYT, please check the accuracy of your address in the membership section of the website.
 
Call for Papers
The Future of Traditions: Re-Imagining Ecclesiology for European Youth Ministry
IASYM (International Association for the Study of Youth Ministry) invites educators, researchers and PhD- and master students interested in the field of youth ministry to the second European IASYM conference which will be held at Mesnali/Montebello conference centre near Lillehammer, Norway from the 7th till the 10th of April 2010. The theme of the conference is “The Future of Traditions: Re-imagining Ecclesiology for European Youth Ministry”. The religious and cultural landscape of Europe is rapidly changing. This is a continuous challenge to the European churches and their youth ministry. What role will the traditions of the churches play in the future? How do young people understand and perceive institutional church and her traditions in their quest for meaningful life? And what will be the creative impact of traditions as we re-imagine ecclesiology for European youth ministry?
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2009 IASYM Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the general membership and executive council meetings held during January 2009 at Cambridge are now available for member access and download.
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A Word of Welcome from the Chair
Dear friends and colleagues,

The general assembly of the IASYM appointed me to be its chair for the coming two years. This is both a great honour and a real challenge to me. I realise I am standing on solid ground: the association was founded and consolidated by the work of influential predecessors. During the last conference in Cambridge we expressed our deepest gratitude to the last in line, our previous chairman Steve Griffiths.

Now we are invited to build further on the foundations. People are looking ahead cautiously and asking me what will be my position and perspective. I will focus on three issues:
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