by Dan Hodge, Amy Jacober, Gregg Moder, Dean Borgman, and James Dekker                                                         

Fri, May 18, 2007

Description

A “fish bowl” community conversation with youth ministry educators on metaphors for urban youth ministry. Listen in on the conversation and then participate with these educators from around the country on the topic

About the Speakers

An ordained minister who grew up in the Hip-Hop Generation, Dan is a former gangmember and Rapmusic record producer. He received a PhD at Fuller Theological Seminary’s School of Intercultural Studies, where he examinedthe life, theology, and spiritual message of Tupac Amaru Shakur. Dan is also an adjunct professor in the Global Studies/Sociology department at Azusa Pacific University. He has been involved with urban youth work for over 12 years and has focused research on adolescent African Americans in urban settings, urban popular culture, & Hip-Hop Theology.

Amy has been serving in youth ministry for 16 years and teaching in colleges and seminaries for the past seven years. She is currently a professor and a volunteer youth pastor at Agape Christian Church in Northwest Pasadena, CA. Her passion and time is spent around urban issues, teens with disabilities and family violence. She also serves on several boards including Agape Life Change, Inc. working for affordable housing in the Pasadena area.

For 15 years Greg has been involved in outreach and streetlevel youth ministry and youth ministry education. He holds a Masters of Divinity and a Doctorate of Ministry Degrees from the Church of God Theological Seminary. Currently, he serves as Head of the Youth Ministry Department for Patten University in Oakland, California. And also serves as a part of the senior leadership team for Providence Care Ministries. He is particularly fond of his wife, Denise, and his children, Candace and Jessica.

Dean Borgman is the Professor of Youth Ministries at Gordon- Conwell Theological Seminary and director of the Center for Youth Studies. He has spent his life in youth work, as professor of youth ministries in seminaries around the world, and locally as an Episcopal priest serving at Christ Church in Boston. He also regularly assists an urban Episcopal parish, and is on the board of several small youth organizations. He and his wife, Gail, have four grown children and five grandchildren.

Jim has worked with youth for more than 20 years in a variety of capacities such as high school bible teacher, coach, youth pastor, volunteer, and youth elder. Jim has degrees in theology, Christian Ed and has studied the adolescent understanding of respect for his Ph.D. Jim is in his fifth year as a co-director for the Center for Youth Ministry Studies at North Park University and Seminary and continues to study the areas of adolescent culture, development, and family dynamics. Jim is married with two daughters and lives in urban Chicago.

• Artist: Dan Hodge, Amy Jacober, Gregg Moder, Dean Borgman, and James Dekker
• Title: Urban Youth Ministry is Like… Considering Metaphors For Urban Youth Work
• Album: UYWI 2007
• Genre: Speaker
• Year: 2007
• Length: 76:38 minutes (35.27 MB)
• Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)