insight from TIME
Believing that a message wrapped in pop-culture packaging was the way to attract teens to their flocks, pastors water down the religious content and boosted the entertainment. But in recent years churches have begun offering their young people a style of religious instruction grounded in Bible study and teachings about the doctrines of their denomination. Their conversation has been sparked by the recognition that sugar-coated Christianity, popular in the 1980s and 1990s, has caused growing numbers of kids to turn away not just from attending youth-fellowship activities but from practicing their faith at all.
An interesting commentary from an article in Time magazine in 2006 that surveyed Christian youth work in our country.
Ground them in the Word. Teach them to be part of the body, not just part of a flashy youth program. I like that this is apparently happening enough that Time recognizes the shift.
Labels: discipleship
posted by sarah @ 4:09 PM
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