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Article: Do not say that you are too young.(churches empty of young people)
- Article from:
- Women Magazine
- Article date:
- March 1, 2000
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"Do not say that you are too young, but go to the people I send you to, and tell them everything I command you to say." Jer 1:7 In spite of this calling in the Old Testament, our churches are getting more and more empty. Where are the young people in our churches? Are they too lazy to go to church? Is this the bad new generation that does not believe in God anymore? I don't think so. On the contrary I could experience that young people take their spiritual life and faith very seriously and want to contribute their visions and ideas to the church. So where else is the problem???
Why do the youth leave the church?
We hear young people saying: "I dont' feel ...