I think there is something new in the article.... something that I am very excited about. Perhaps it helps that I was there in person for the "mini-seminar", but I think what is new is a spirit of excitement in the CRC about Youth Ministries. We, as a denomination, are finally doing something specific in regards to ministering to the youth of our denomination, and I LOVE IT. I think that too often we think that there will be a natural flow of discipleship. While I would love that to be the case, it often is not. That is why we need to get in there and work with our young adults.
I also would like to point out the importance of what David Stewart said, that young people need to have real roles in the church. I often think that it is easy for the young adults to fall out is because there was not much of a connection to keep them there in the first place. I see a beautiful picture of a church where young adults take ownership of their church, and in doing so, invest significanty in it. My guess is that David's church has significantly decreased in young adult fall-out.
Posted in: Synod Discussion on Adolescents
I think there is something new in the article.... something that I am very excited about. Perhaps it helps that I was there in person for the "mini-seminar", but I think what is new is a spirit of excitement in the CRC about Youth Ministries. We, as a denomination, are finally doing something specific in regards to ministering to the youth of our denomination, and I LOVE IT. I think that too often we think that there will be a natural flow of discipleship. While I would love that to be the case, it often is not. That is why we need to get in there and work with our young adults.
I also would like to point out the importance of what David Stewart said, that young people need to have real roles in the church. I often think that it is easy for the young adults to fall out is because there was not much of a connection to keep them there in the first place. I see a beautiful picture of a church where young adults take ownership of their church, and in doing so, invest significanty in it. My guess is that David's church has significantly decreased in young adult fall-out.