Marva J. Dawn
All Content by Marva J. Dawn
Youth Ministry in Crisis
According to the most conservative estimates, over 60 percent of those raised in evangelical homes end up leaving church at age 18. In some cases the estimates range as high as 90 percent. So what are we doing wrong? Why are we failing to pass the faith on to the next generation, and what should […]
How Christian Worship (not Consumerist Worship) Forms a Missional Community
“You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last….”John 15:16. What would happen if everyone in our pews for worship on Sunday morning departed afterward with a deep understanding of all that Jesus meant by the sentences above? For that to happen, […]
“Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down” by Marva Dawn
Each issue we’ll look at a book published during Modern Reformation’s 15-year history, with a look to why this book was and is still is significant. -EDS. Marva Dawn’s Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down is just as valuable now as it was when published in 1995. Her book encourages church leaders and members to think […]
