It has been my passion to work with young people. I believe that if we train our teenagers in doing God's business, they could play a big role in the church someday. However, I've seen a lot of young people who were active in church during their teens but at the time they entered college or started working in their chosen careers, many of them went on a different track and begun to lay low in being involved in church activities. What could be the possible reason why we have been losing many of our members in their career age? where did we, as a church, go wrong in dealing with them?
I think one of the reasons why young professionals lose sight of their faith is that churches don't have a clear and specific approach for to them. Often, we are confused of their membership. Are they still part of the adventist youth? or do they already belong to the older generation?
Having observed what has been happening to fellow youth, it has become a burden for me to reach out to them and think of possible ways to make them stay in our church. As a young pastor, I know that keeping them inside the church is a tough job, but to make them stay until they reach the maturity of their faith is even tougher. This is why I have been promoting the work of the youth ministry, especially its role on reaching out to the young professionals.
Forming an organization for them will help a lot to start this ministry. This worked in my previous pastorate, and I believe it will work also wherever God calls me to pastor. Presently, the young professionals in my current pastorate have already been meeting and I believe they also share my passion.
I believe in their potential, just as I believe in what God can do in their lives. I'm convinced that if we will never get tired of training and involving them in God's business, they can fulfill their tasks as God's servant in this generation.
