Reverend Zachary Veron, the incoming YouthWorks CEO, has attributed the rise in youth attendance to the diocese holding the Bible as the ultimate authority and placing an emphasis on sharing the message that Jesus is Lord. On average, he said, this approach had a higher youth attendance compared to a liberal approach.
He told Christian Today Australia: “Anglican churches in Australia which hold the Bible as the ultimate authority over our lives as God’s written word to his created beings, and therefore place an emphasis in their ministry on Bible teaching and sharing the message that Jesus is Lord with others, on average have many more young people attending church than most Anglican churches which have a more ‘liberal’ approach to the Scriptures.”
He also said that if any Anglican churches abandon the authority of the Bible over our lives, then young people will usually abandon them.
The whole article is here: http://au.christiantoday.com/article/sydney-anglicans-record-rise-in-youth-attendance/2928.htm
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