Unfortunately, the approach of many of our churches is actually counterproductive in this area. They segregate youth - in worship and the arrangement of meeting spaces - in a way that deliberately separates the generations. This needs to be reversed. But it is especially important that one-to-one relationships be formed. An adult who is not related to a specific teenager can greet the young person at church - making eye contact - and ask what the adult can pray for in that teenager's life during the next week. And then a follow-up a week later: How did that test go? Did you win the game?
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