University of Stellenbosch

Organization Link:https://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/theology

Organization Overview: The Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University advances research, education, and community engagement as a knowledge partner to churches, academia, and society locally and globally.

Subgrant Project Description: The faith formation of youth across varying church traditions is not taken seriously yet there is seeming lament about how young people, across varying faith traditions, are leaving the church. This study is positioned within the tradition of evangelicalism which is currently being contested across contexts. Faith formation as if the youth mattered is an ethnographic study focused on multiple evangelical faith communities across South Africa. It explored how faith formation is conceptualized in various faith communities that adhere to an evangelical theological perspective and how young people’s faith formation journeys are prioritized within these.