Featured Resources:
Cultivating Teen Faith: Insights from the Confirmation Project
This book provides a national perspective on a global and historical practice that, for many, is called confirmation. The heart of the book concerns how ministry leaders, parents, mentors, congregations, and camps can invite young people to hear the gospel anew and commit their lives to following Jesus amid the complexities of modern life.
Theology Today Special Edition: Confirmation, Vol. 76 Issue 1, April 2019
A compilation of confirmation-related journal articles that sprung from the fall 2018 Confirmation Conference at Princeton Theological Seminary.
Word & World, Confirmation Issue, Vol. 38 No. 1, Winter 2018
An all-things-confirmation issue of Word & World.
Research:
Rethinking Confirmation Conference Presentations
We presented a research update at the 2015 Rethinking Confirmation Conference at Luther Seminary. You can watch the videos from the conference and see the slides here.
Webinars
We have held two webinars to date to present the findings of our research. You can find links to the recordings below and stay tuned to our blog and e-mail newsletter for announcements of upcoming webinars. You can subscribe to our e-mail list or listen to the podcast on our website or with the Apple Podcasts app.
Re-Imagining Youth Confirmation with Lisa Kimball and Terri Elton
CYLLF Webinar – Confirmation Camp and Experiential Learning
CYLLF Webinar – Confirmation and Identity Formation
CYLLF Webinar- The Confirmation Project in Context by Sylvia Bull
The Confirmation Project – July 2015 Project Update
The Rev. Shonda Nicole Gladden discusses some of the findings of the Confirmation Project’s research on confirmation equivalent practices in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
The Rev. Kate Siberine explores the theological and developmental need for intergenerational mentoring in youth confirmation and offers some best practices to implement a program in your church.
Presentation on Confirmation: Transforming a Rite of Passage for EF1700 Confirmation: Contemporary Research and Innovative Practices at Princeton Theological Seminary
Publications:
- Transforming the Spiritual Storehouse by Jacob Sorenson in the Journal of Youth and Theology, Volume 14, Issue 2
Books:
Denominational Resources:
AME
Episcopal Church
- My Faith, My Life
- I Will With God’s Help
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Theologies of Confirmation for the 21st Century
- Confirm not Conform
ELCA
- Confirmation: Engaging Lutheran Foundations and Practices
- Here We Stand
- 1970 Joint Commission on Theology & Practice Report
- Confirm not Conform
PC(USA)
- Professing our Faith
- Big God Big Questions
- Confirm not Conform
- Embraced and Embracing Workbook: Exploring the Foundations of Confirmation
UMC
INTERDENOMINATIONAL