New Article

I just wrote an article for Journal of Student Ministries called, “Indoctrinated or Educated?” that was just put on their website.  The basis of it is asking questions that, I think, every leader in the church should be asking.  It’s not an exhaustive list in any way, but I do think it has some questions that should be answered.  You can check it out here.  Here’s the beginning…

“Today church leaders have been bewildered about how detached high school graduates are from the local church.

What’s causing this detachment?

You and me. I’m convinced we’re a major part of the problem.

Self-Evaluation Needed
From my perspective there are many contributing factors to this epidemic of detachment, but here I want to discuss one that relates to all of us: How we define educated. It’s a major issue needing attention in most, if not all of, our churches.

So, to start the process…”