The Impact of Next Gen Programming on the Family & Society
Every week we take a topic in YTH leadership and create a resource just for you. This week we are talking about the FAMILY & the critical mission of the church.
The undeniable mission of the church is to transform people's lives and culture through the message of Christ. Right? I mean we really could lose every other message that distracts us in ministry.
Methods of Evangelism
So, how do we see the world won to a relationship with Christ?
Do we start in the marketplace? How about the office? Maybe you think that the school or the university is the place we transform peoples lives and ultimately our culture. How about the media and the World Wide Web phenomenon? Certainly the Internet and Social Media is the fastest way to reach society, right? Do we implement city-wide outreaches? Crusades? What about church evangelism and outreach programs?
I Think There Is One Idea That Is More Important Than All Of These - The Family Is The Key To National Reformation And World Revival
There are many reasons the family is the key to transforming cultures. History has proven that family is the central system of every culture and that reformation can best take place in an inter-generational setting. In the face of the recent Supreme Court decisions redefining the family, the next two weeks we are going to look at 10 ways the family could impact national revolution in the coming years.
Here are the first five:
1. The national (and global) focus upon the family right now gives it an advantage of awareness that can open opportunity for the family to receive resources from community and government
2. Our families are the best contextual way to speak the language of the communities they live in. Every day, every week, every month, and every year families are together in the same setting. And that is a cyclical relationship advantage.
3. Family is the one system that all of us come from. It is the genesis of creation and human formation. And deserves the emphasis that scripture places on it.
4. The presence of the family is the one system that exists in each community in every sector of the community ecosystem system. From neighborhood community programs, education and schools, corporate and business, entertainment and media, and religious and para-church organizations, the family is at the center of each of these sectors or systems.
5. When a family resides in a community they have immediate access because of the adaptation of that family into the neighborhood. Similar to number two above, the family has the advantage of access and proximity. When a tragedy hits a neighbor, the family next door is immediately placed into the setting and has a choice of empathy or isolation.
Finally
It takes all kinds of people to reach all kinds of people. And NXT Gen ministry is at the forefront of youth development in our world.
Parents reaching parents and kids reaching kids. Sociology flaunts context. And Youth ministry is the perfect context to build the family.
Impactful NXT Gen programming, powerful presence-based YTH ministry, parent and teen counseling, and practical training for the family relationships and roles! The impact of a Youth ministry is unending as adolescents are moved from middle school and into college with major life formation moments in a spiritual setting.
The sociological systems report the successes of an incarnate or contextualized model of leadership. Presence-based is outcome-based. Because sin and separation from God is at the center of humankind, a gospel outreach in the context of the family is the only answer. Atonement cannot be found outside of the work of Christ. It is healthy Christian families who can bring the atoning transformation needed into the core of every culture and in the lives of every person. So, how do we build healthy Christian homes? Join us next week for the second half of this important discussion on family.