Faith in Youth
How do children develop a religious identity? How is the faith of young people formed? What is a good practice in which faith formation and religious identity development of children and young people can grow in a careful way? That is what the OJKC concerns itself with.
Research on children and young people in faith
We believe that sound scientific research helps children and young people in different contexts to discover what faith and spirituality is and to give it a place in their lives.
Work with us
Connected with partners from home and abroad, we form a community and network of involved researchers who study the world of God and young people from various angles, aimed toward application.
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- 14 December 2023Podcast: The Challenge of Youth Agency in Migrant ChurchesWhat does youth agency look like in a church context that is traditionally shaped by hierarchical relations? And what...
- 14 December 2023Podcast: Youth Groups and Ecclesial ImaginationIs a ‘youth group’ operating outside the borders of the main church a ‘church’? And who decides whether such a youth...
- 22 July 2022Podcast: Emerging Youth Ministry Research in Kenya and The Role of UbuntuWhat are the challenges for youth and youth ministry research in Kenya? And what is the role of the concept of...
- 28 April 2022Podcast: Migrant adolescents and the image of GodWhat does migration do to adolescents and their image of God, and their faith? What does it mean for their religious...
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2009
founded
3+
focus areas
15+
completed studies
About OJKC
We are a theological research center that shares and enriches academic knowledge in the fields of youth, faith and culture. Based on our involvement with children and young people, we help educators and professionals with our current academic knowledge about faith formation of children and young people in practice. We work with national and international institutes, specialists and networks in which research and knowledge sharing takes place and is stimulated, aimed at the practice of faith formation and religious identity development of children and young people.
