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Churches must make every effort to become “safe spaces” for teens and young adults to open up about issues, pastors say, to counter the raft of increased violence in the nation’s schools and elsewhere.
“The Church has failed this generation. The Church has become known for judgment and not being a safe place to open up. So if you have questions, doubts, angst or fears, you take those to school or to your friends because you feel belittled or judged at church,” Nick Hall, founder of PULSE, a student-led prayer and evangelism movement, told The Christian Post. “We go wrong when we don’t lead with Jesus. Jesus welcomes our questions, fears and doubts.”
“The Church should be the most welcoming place on earth. If you’re hurting or broken or a mess you shouldn’t have to fake it there. Too often churches are full of people faking it, while inside, things are falling apart.”
The Washington Post is collecting data on violence in schools. As of March this year, more than 187,000 students in about 170…
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