• Authority,  Truth,  Youth Ministry

    What the World Needs Now

    We are almost certainly on the brink of a post-Christian Western culture. In Almost Christian, Kenda Creasy Dean paints a bleak picture of youth culture and its relationship to the church: “American young people are, theoretically, fine with religious faith–but it does not concern them very much, and it is not durable enough to survive long after they graduate from high school” (3). I want to provide some practical strategies that are not only focused on how we lead our young in the faith, but in how we ourselves carry and practice our faith. Here are six strategies for passing on the faith: Strategy #1 – Fill in the worldview blanks Alasdair MacIntyre,…