From my friend blog called Youth Pastor Theologian…
In my experience, all of the spaces that student ministries occupy are distant from the other significant ministries in the church. From basements to separate buildings, it can seem like we are separating the students on purpose. With the separation, it can be challenging to push students to make relationships with adults and vice versa. Church generational separation causes us to forget how biblically, theologically, and practically crucial cross-generational ministry is.
So what is multi-generational ministry? It is a church that has multiple generations represented together in one place at one time functioning as the church. A church that is multi-generational may or may not be unified, appreciative of one another, or engaging one another. We should strive to have churches that have healthy mixes of different ages and generations. In this, we must be honest and ask, “are our multi-generational churches regularly interacting, engaging, and discipling one another?” We can hope but it is rarer than we think.
This is where we change the way we talk and think, transitioning from multi-generational language into cross-generational language. What is cross-generational ministry? It is a ministry that involves regular interaction, engagement, and discipleship between and across generations. Throughout Scripture, we see this form of ministry as the most effective.
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