By Jessica Martinez
Young adults are currently experiencing a revival of interest in apologetics in order to defend their faith, especially since society questions the biblical narrative on hot button issues now more than ever, says Dan Kimball, leader of the teaching and mission ministries at California’s Vintage Faith Church.
Kimball, whose congregation is largely comprised of college-aged students, urges churches to instill biblical doctrine and theology in the current generation because going to church is not enough, they also need to know what Christians believe and why.
“Because people don’t know the Bible’s story, different stories have emerged, sometimes portraying Christians as hateful, Jesus as just one more teacher among the world’s religions, and the God of the Bible as a jealous, violent deity … to counter these caricatures of Christianity, we must be proactive, using apologetics to teach what the Bible really does and does not say …,” writes Kimball, in a recent Church Leaders article.
Apologetics in its very nature is “a branch of Christian theology which attempts to give a rational defense of the Christian faith,” according to Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry. In other words, it is the notion of defending Christian beliefs against heretical ideas or objections.
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Being very familiar with and currently part of PCUSA church, the PCUSA churches I see who are teaching doctrine and apologetics are seeing younger people part of them and growing by them. It is quite encouraging!