‘The future of the church does not depend on youth, but only on Jesus Christ. The task of young people is not reorganization of the church, but listening to God’s Word; the church’s task is not the conquest of young people, but the teaching of the Gospel’
These are the words of the leader of the German youth delegation to the Universal Christian Council for Life and Work, a twenty eight year old named, Dietrich Bonhoeffer in 1934. He was later arrested and executed in Flossenburg on 20 July 1944 for his role in the church struggle against Hitler. He died before the age of 40.
The (first draft) opening of a paper (title above) presented by Reggie Nel, professor at the University of South Africa.
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