The model minority myth can cause students to subconsciously adhere to standards of church involvement that are far more cultural than biblical. The gospel releases believers from an achievement-forward faith based on works for God, to a faith that abides in and with Christ.
We ought to care about what we are teaching and making accessible—where it’s from, why we’re choosing it, and what it will produce. We cannot control the “eating habits” of our church families, but we can take care with what we serve.
Bearing witness to the dignity of image-bearers is not a political position. It is a theological one. It is what it means to follow a Lord who crossed every boundary and died in the most public, humiliating way possible so that no one would ever be beyond the reach of His love.
Welcome to Rooted’s Top Ten, a curated reading list for youth ministers. Each month we find ten articles, and sometimes videos or podcasts, from various sources that we believe will encourage you in your ministry to teenagers and their families.
Youth and family ministers find themselves in the midst of a significant generational shift as Gen Z comes of age and Gen Alpha becomes more dominant in our ministries. Many have observed a spiritual shift among these younger generations as well.
With any teenager, Asian American or otherwise, we should seek to know them for who they are. We should learn about their lives as we ultimately seek to share the gospel and disciple them in it.
God doesn’t sit above suffering and explain it from a distance. Our God steps into suffering. The incarnation is ultimately the response to suffering for the Christian.
