Melanie Lacy serves as Director for the Theology for Children’s and Youth Ministry Degree Programme at Oak Hill College in London, England. In addition to her position at Oak Hill, she oversees the youth programme at the historic Keswick Convention & is part of the leadership team for the Good Book Company’s ‘Bible Centered Youthworker Conference’. Melanie holds a MA in Theology from Dublin City Universtity, Dublin, Ireland.
I, for one, am convinced of the necessity of formal training for children’s and youth ministry, and Oak Hill College is committed to the rigorous theological education of men and women to equip them for a lifetime of…
One of the privileges of ministering amongst young people is helping them understand what the local church is and how God intends it to function, for his glory, in his world. The apostle Paul compares the local church…
In Part 1 and Part 2 of this three part series, “Facebook and Fellowship,” Mel Lacey examined the value and the idolatry of Facebook. In this concluding section, she discusses the insufficiency of Facebook to provide true, satisfying…
In Part 1 of this three part series, “Facebook and Fellowship,” Mel Lacey explored the value Facebook can have when teens operate out of their identity in Christ. In this next article, she examines Facebook as an idol…
A Facebook profile has become a necessary page of the teenage cyber portfolio, along with sites such as Twitter, Instagram and My Space. These social networking sites have become a global phenomenon, gaining noticeable momentum in the noughties….
