Partnering with Parents of Teenagers in the Black Church
The call to serve God in vocational ministry is a call to gospel partnerships.
The best messages come from an intense struggle with the text in the heart, where the teacher is as convicted by the Word as his or her hearers. Merely memorizing words conjured up by an algorithm won’t produce the same result.

The call to serve God in vocational ministry is a call to gospel partnerships.
The profound mystery, one that we can all ponder with thanksgiving, is that God alone does the work of drawing us and our children to himself.
“Because of the finished work of Jesus Christ, you are not reading the Bible with your family for God’s acceptance, but from God’s acceptance.”
The gospel invites us to behold and believe that God’s presence is sufficient in moments of fear and uncertainty in our parenting.
Parents can help their children discern lies from truth by showing them what God’s word says about who they image and what their purpose is.
Let’s avoid giving Bible-based messages in which we begin with the Bible, only to launch into other topics that we think will interest young people more.