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| Pastor Thulane Shaun Gama |
I am a pastor here at the church Spirit Covenant International (SCIM).
I was saved in 2014 and so I am a born again Christian. Soon thereafter that, in 2016, I was ordained to be a youth pastor.
The main vision of the church is taken from the book of Hebrews 10:15-16 which says “Wereof the holy ghost is a witness to us, for after that it had said before, This is the Covenant I will make with them after those day says the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts and in their minds I will write them.”
The vision of the youth ministry is heavily aligned to the vision of the church. We teaching the youth the word of God because the Bible says in the book of Hosea 4:6, “My people will perish because of the lack of knowledge.” Many young people do bad things because they don't know the truth. I it is my duty to lead them to lead them into understanding the word of God which will make them to be approved by God. Because it says in 2 Timothy 2:15 “Study to show thyself approved to God.”
To be approved by God through his word is to know the truth about him and His power and also lead them to a prayerful life so that they will not enter into the temptations of this world. We read in Mark 14:38 that “Watch and pray so that you won't enter into temptation,” and I lead them towards a clean life. We also show them how the youth must live and behave as a young people as Christians. As a Christian your life must be holy because the Christian the body is now a temple of God- the house in which God dwells.
The mission of the ministry in the youth league is to win many young people into salvation by doing youth services, door to door ministry and open air ministry so that we can attract many young people to our church.
We do not plan to teach them only about the Bible and salvation but we intend to also give guidance about the future by holding conferences, seminars and youth camps. This will help them to strategize about planning of being successful young persons. We hold career expos so that they will lead better life styles and be able to realise their true-self, their self-actualisation and know how to be independent in life and hold their own in this dog-eats-dog world. In all this they are taught no to forget how to live and serve God same time.
The challenge we have is that many young people that fellowship with us in the ministry are not serious in serving God all the time, every time.
The way forward for our youth league is to have youth services every Saturday from 3pm until 5pm teaching the youth the word of God so that they can recognise their spiritual gifts and know their purpose in the Kingdom of God
We plan to host fundraising activityy days in the future to raise money for various charity campaigns this year. These fundraising events will include car washing and selling food and drinks, outreaching programmes to the communities. The church must lend a hand and help communities to show the love that Jesus Christ gave us.
One other innovation the youth will embark on will be to go outside Gauteng to other provinces and experience their way of doing things. We will also pray with them there in the mountains for a week and have fun like playing forest games and so on,
I say to all the youth- be born again.
To be a Christian in young age is not a crime but to be saved is a good achievement in life. When you are a child of God everything is possible in your life. The Bible says if you believe that Jesus Christ died and was resurrected\ on the third day nothing will be impossible for you.
The youth is tomorrows” leaders, so let's not allow the temptations and distracting things of this world to disturb our vision, mission, dreams and goals. Let's teach ourselves to be positive always in everything we do. And let’s know that education is the key to success.
All this can happen if we put Jesus Christ first in everything we do. May the Lord bless you all my fellow brothers and sisters. You are highly favoured
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