Faith-Based Youth Work

Mark McFeeters is Lecturer in Community Youth Work at Ulster University. He has worked in the youth work sector for 18 years, in the community voluntary sector for Youth Initiatives NI and East Belfast Mission.

• 1. Introduction2. Practitioner research3. Learning as a landscape and youth work practice4. Youth Work and Faith5. Young people’s and youth workers’ experiences: Findings from a qualitative study in Northern Ireland6. Conceptualising Christian, faith-based youth work as a Community of Practice7. An emerging typology8. Conclusions