SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Graduate Studies

Names: EZECHIAS NTIRENGANYA

ID Number: 1130027

Course: Global Trends in Family Ministry

Program: Master of Arts in Global Ministry Design

Assignment: Scripture Reflection Module 3

The scripture I chose for this week is Proverbs 22:6 which says “Train up a child in the

way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” The Bible teaches this

as we also know that by the age of 14, researchers say that they are “the years when

priorities, attitudes, and beliefs about everything are shaped.” 1 There is a need to teach

parents to play a role in the spiritual development of their children and partner with the

church’s ministry to form the identity, beliefs, and attitudes of the children while they are

still young. In my country, young people started to have this thinking of same-sex

attraction and the LGBTQ community is present. Training up a child in the way he should

go is the only promising way of keeping our generation in the precepts of the Lord.

The Global Youth Culture2 research says that “around half of teens believe gender is

primarily based on the sex with which a person is born. The other half believes it is

something a person determines for themselves according to their personal feelings of

sexual attraction.” This is very crucial to see Christian teenagers think the same way as

the non-Christians.

The hope is that if we teach parents to disciple their children when they are still young,

this worldview will change and have a generation that has the biblical view of sex. The

GYC declared that “Being a Committed Christian increases the influence on a teen’s

opinion of the gender issue.” And again, the same research revealed that “family

members are the top influence when it comes to questions about the meaning of life or

what is right and wrong.” This is the point that motivates us to put emphasis on family

ministry and prepare parents to face the giants that are killing our children, in order not to

lose a generation.
1
https://www.cefonline.com/articles/teach-kids-articles/the-4-14-window/
2
OneHope, Global Youth Culture, Global Report,