Amplifying Our Witness: Giving Voice to Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities

Nearly twenty percent of adolescents have developmental disabilities, yet far too often they are marginalized within churches. Amplifying Our Witness challenges congregations to adopt a new, practice-centered approach to congregational ministry -- one that includes and amplifies the witness of adolescents with developmental disabilities. Replete with stories taken from Benjamin Conner's own extensive experience with befriending and discipling adolescents with developmental disabilities, Amplifying Our Witness

• Shows how churches exclude the mentally disabled in various structural and even theological ways
• Stresses the intrinsic value of kids with developmental disabilities
• Reconceptualizes evangelism to adolescents with developmental disabilities, emphasizing hospitality and friendship.

Author: Benjamin T. Conner
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 06/11/2012
Pages: 114
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780802867216

Review Citation(s):
Christianity Today 11/01/2012 pg. 78

About the Author
Benjamin T. Conner is associate professor of Christian discipleship at Western Theological Seminary, Holland, Michigan.

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