A Preliminary Evaluation of a Comprehensive Abstinence-based Program for Minority Church Youth: Implications for Youth Ministers

Authors

Michael E. Sherr, Cedarville UniversityFollow
Preston Dyer

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 2009

Journal Title

Journal of Youth Ministry

ISSN

1541-0412

Volume

8

Issue

1

First Page

39

Last Page

50

Abstract

The article discusses a study which examines the impact of a federally funded comprehensive abstinence-based program delivered to African American and Hispanic youth in the U.S. It notes that the goal of the program is to help youth understand the benefits, boundaries, and behaviors of healthy relationships needed to choose abstinence until marriage. Results of the study show that the church can play a transformational role in the lives of youth by providing comprehensive sex education.

Keywords

Christian youth, sex education, teenagers, sexual abstinence, church, education

Recommended Citation

Sherr, Michael E. and Dyer, Preston, "A Preliminary Evaluation of a Comprehensive Abstinence-based Program for Minority Church Youth: Implications for Youth Ministers" (2009). Social Work Faculty Publications. 34.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/social_work_publications/34