I don’t want to get too personal with this post so I’ll try my best. I am not calling any specific church out in general, but just giving a personal opinion on what I see being done especially in the Korean church today. And let me tell you, it is a scary thing.
The million dollar question I hear most often at church is, “where are the Young Adults?”
A question that has been puzzling pastors for years now, none
seem to have the right answer. But I challenge those very same churches and ask them, “where were you when they were youth?”
Now being only 20 years old, some may call me naive. Some may even say that I have no idea what I am talking about. But being now a Youth Director, youth leader, and a Young Adult by trait, I see whats going on. The youth has been for decades now taking the back seat in ministry. If your kids come to church then you are doing “good parenting”. If kids show up and eat your food and bow to your elders, you have a BLOOMING Youth Ministry. If you have two retreats a year for your Youth Ministry then you have a SPIRIT FILLED MINISTRY!
Really……?
Growing up in high school and in faith, I loved Timothy. I was striving to become this radical Christian and read a lot of Timothy to help encourage me. Timothy 4:12, “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.” was probably my go to verse.
But how are the kids supposed to set an example to anyone, when they are being taught that they don’t really know the meaning of the words “life, love, faith and purity“? If kids are looked down at so much that adults have this mentality that kids have no idea what it even means to walk a life with Christ.
Now back to the million dollar question, where are the Young Adults?!
Well I’ll tell you where they are at. They are in the world discovering the meaning of those very words. Finding life, love, faith, and their version of purity from outside of the walls of the church. That not only did they not learn the try meaning of those words when they were youth, but did not see that example being set for them. And its a very scary thing.
I myself want to and feel called to become a full time minister one day, but I beg you. I beg you future “senior pastors” not to use the Youth or English Ministry in the Korean church as a stepping stone to where you are going. Sure, that is reality for a lot of cases, but don’t treat it like that. Tens and Thousands of Young adults in America and Korea are no longer going to church anymore because they don’t want to be stepped on anymore.
Jesus had a special interest and heart for the young believers in faith when He walked this earth. Condemning people who looked down on them.





