You are sending a link to...
Grooming The Next Generation
Grooming The Next Generation
By, Dale Bates
Grooming the next generation has never been more urgent than today. As I mentioned in a previous blog 88% of the children in evangelical homes leave church at the age of 18. As they are more exposed to the world the more they are enticed to stray. It is alarming and the question is why?
The Bible says, “Train up a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it” Proverbs 22:6. If that be true and I believe it is then the only reason for a child to turn is he or she has not been taught. If they are living in a Christian home and attending a Bible believing church, then why were they not taught? You might think it is a simplistic answer, but I believe the answer is parents have dropped the ball. Maybe not intentionally, but the ball has been dropped. Possibly, they were relying on the Sunday school or youth ministry at church to do their job.
The statistics, however, prove they have failed. So we know what the problem is what do we do to fix it? Several of the Mega churches are trying to come up with a fix and some have concluded that the answer is for the church to assist the parents in training their children at home.
I know this is quite a shift in thought and practice, but it must take place if we are going to make a difference. The reason the family was instituted by God was to have children and train them to love and worship Him.
In Deuteronomy chapter 6 the children of God were instructed to teach the word of God to the children when they get up in the morning, as they sit at home, when they are walking down the street, and when they lay down at night. This was a family thing.
Somewhere along the way we have gotten away from that responsibility. Here at Stinson Press we want to help you get back to the basics. Attached is a video that helps to drive home the point. Take a look.
Video includes: George Barna, John Trent, Fred Stoker, Ron Hunter and others talking about taking your walk to a higher experience.
