“The greatest need of our teens today is not new restrictions and new dumbphones and contracts and limits. Their greatest need is a community of faith where they can thrive in Christ, serve, and be served, to need to find a necessary place as a legitimate part of a healthy church. Keep building faithful churches. Listen to teens. Don’t mock them. Don’t laugh at them. Envision them for risk-taking mission—online and offline.” — Tony Reinke
Date: May 8, 2018
Event: TGC Council Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky
Related:
- Should Christian Parents Ever Give Teens a Smartphone? (Russell Moore, Trevin Wax, Scott Sauls)
- Andy Crouch on How to Become a Tech-wise Family
- ‘Eighth Grade’ and the Horror of Being Unknown (Brett McCracken)
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