Min. Oluwatoyin (Toyin) Omolola leads the “Youth Ministry in Cosmopolitan Cities” Affinity Working Group, which launched in early 2023. The group’s goal is to bring five youth leaders together to discuss and explore creative ways that they can revamp their youth ministries as leaders with a view to building spiritually strong and confident individuals and viable youth ministries.
Many youth leaders of Nigerian churches in different cities in the USA have expressed the challenges they experience in ensuring that they are able to function effectively in their ability to impart to their youth Christian values that result in stronger youth ministries and spiritual development. There are different layers of challenges that include societal norms, cultural integration, time and the general monotony associated with the styles of different ministries which discourages the youth (ages 13-30y) from full engagement.
The group hopes that by the end of the year, after regular meetings together, they will be better equipped to lead and disciple the youth in their care and if possible, create a program that can be sustained in our churches. Key questions they are asking include: 1. How do we make Christianity and spirituality desirable for youth in our communities? 2. What are creative ways that youth can thrive in as people of faith in the city?