The International Association for the Study of Youth Ministry is a network of people from all over the world involved in professional youth ministry research. To further the academic study and research of youth ministry IASYM organizes conferences (both regional and international) and publishes The Journal of Youth and Theology (JYT).
| The International Association for the Study of Youth MinistryJoin the conversation on Youth Ministry research across the globe and different Christian denominations. |
Registration for Regional European conference is now News:
- Registration for bi-annual International IASYM Conference in Manchester, January 2024, is now open (for full IASYM members). The Call for Papers is also out. Notice the conference is moved one day to 3-6 January, 2024.
- Call for Papers is out for the Australasian Regional Conference in Melbourne, 2. - 4. August 2023.
- Registration for European Regional Conference in Denmark, April 2023, is now open.
- Call for paper is out for the African regional conference in Abuja, 5-7 september 2023.
About IASYMThe International Association for the Study of Youth Ministry is focused on furthering the academic study and research of youth and youth ministry, the formal teaching and training of youth ministry (at universities, seminaries, denominations, para-church organisations, local ministries, or wherever else it may occur), and on the growth and development of youth ministry as a recognised profession. Our goal is to raise the profile of youth ministry as a calling, career and/or professional enterprise, and to encourage the reflection on youth ministry as an academic discipline that will support youth ministry at this level. | Upcoming Events
| Latest issue of Journal of Youth and TheologyVolume 20, Issue 2, 2021 Editorial David F. White Articles Exploring the Theology of Expectation in Relation to Young People and Youth Ministry Author: František Štěch Cultivating Nonidolatrous Self-Esteem with Youth Christological Considerations for Peacebuilding Youth Ministry Author: Elizabeth W. Corrie “And the Word was made flesh?” – Exploring young people’s situated learning in leadership and spirituality in a secular context Author: Katarina Westerlund Personal Bible Reading and the Faith Formation of Teenagers in a Digital Age Authors: Judith Hildebrandt, Jack Barentsen, and Jos de Kock Religious Identity Exploration in the Life Stories of Strictly Reformed-Raised Emerging Adults in the Netherlands Authors: Anne-Marije de Bruin-Wassinkmaat, Jos de Kock, Elsbeth Visser-Vogel, Cok Bakker, and Marcel Barnard The History of Protestant Youth Ministry; a Review Author: Ruth Lukabyo ‘On a mission’: Christian Youth Workers in Australia in the 1960s–1970s Author: David Fagg |