Frontline is one of my favorite places to go. There’s something contagious about stepping into a ministry that has literally thousands of young adults coming every Sunday night. The energy is tangible, the music is awesome and the preaching is deep, Biblical and relevant. To make things even better, they do a great job of connecting young adults into a community to help them grow and sending them out to missions within a couple of years of being there. If you do young adult ministry or are a young adult living near Washington DC, you’ve got to check these guys out. And, you can check them out online through their virtual campus if you can’t make it in person.
RECAP: We’re traveling around to churches recommended to us who connect with young adults (18-20something/30ish), checking out what they’re doing, interviewing the about their preaching (for a paper) and other things that God’s doing where they are. Read More→
Ever the student, I am currently working on a project for a class on preaching in a changing culture. In particular, my focus is on churches that are reaching young adults while in so many churches young adults (variously defined as adults age 18-25, 18-30, 18-35, 20-29, etc.) are conspicuously absent. My research assignment is simple: visit churches, evaluate the preaching and interview the preacher or another staff member about the sermon development process, the preaching and its role in connecting young adults–and maybe throw in a few other questions as long as we’re there!