“The Church’s Role in Reaching Disconnected Black Youth”

Dr. Anne E. Streaty Wimberly delivers a lecture entitled, “The Church’s Role in Reaching Disconnected Black Youth.” This session will include an overview of meanings assigned to the term “disconnected youth,” also called “unchurched youth,” and will highlight profiles of disconnected youth, internal and external relational challenges churches face in reaching these youth, and examples of effective ministry paradigms that build bridges of connection between these youth and churches.   The lecture will draw on preliminary data uncovered in the Youth Hope-Builders Academy (YHBA) research project entitled “Building Bridges of Hope: The Church’s Role in Reaching Disconnected Youth.”