Getting the Church on Track Insert

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January 13, 2022

Jan. 16- Rise of the ‘Nones’: Stemming the Tide

“Getting the Church on ‘Track’”

(1 Thessalonians 2:7-12)

The plan to address the problem of youth leaving the faith is multifaceted.
The goal is to create a setting in which young people can have 
  
    
       
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 conversations
in the context of 
  
    
       
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 community. This deep community, however, is not solely limited to 
  
    
       
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It will include older generations coming 
  
    
       
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 the emerging generation and 
  
    
       
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 in them,

  
    
       
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 life, 
  
    
       
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 side by side.

Ministry to and with youth/adults runs on two tracks:

TRACK #1-

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- When I run across adults who grew up in the church and have left, it is almost always due to some real or perceived

.
- We need to embrace a culture of

and

.
- We must also instill in youth and adults a

skin that is developed not through

, but through deep

and

.
- No one is

.
- No church is

.
- “

people

people.”
- While the people of God (church) reflect

, they are not

!
- Let’s invite people to

, not to

!
- Create a setting in which real

, disappointment, and even

may be expressed.

“Relationships are the runway on which truth lands.” -McDowell and Wallace

“We are loved into loving Jesus.” -Kinnaman and Matlock

TRACK #2-

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- The church must embrace the notion that

truth is

truth. Science. Economics. Politics. Theology. Etc.
- Christians need not fear deep

or tough

or even

.
- The

aspect is key!

The Power to move this along=

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- If the vehicle is the

, we all go along both

and need both, but in order to move. The power for movement is the

.
- This perspective helps remind us that this is more than a human-formed

.