The youth group meets on Wednesday nights at 6:30 p.m. and in Sunday School every Sunday at 9:00 a.m. On Wednesday nights, the group usually takes time to worship through music, prayer, and the study of the Word. Plus, there is usually some sort of game activity on Wednesday nights and sometimes food. On Sundays, the group spends most of the time in Bible study and prayer. The Bible studies are meant to be interactive. Many times, they develop into interesting discussions.

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A Note from Bro. Jacob

Do All Roads Lead to Heaven? I recently read a column in The Wahsington Post by Kathleen Parker where she gave the riot act to Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham, for holding the audacious belief that faith in Jesus Christ alone is the only way that a person can be saved and go to heaven. She took direct aim at Franklin Graham's theology, arguing that "Graham's views didn't sit very well with secular Americans or even non-evangelical Christians." Well, probably not --- and that serves to indicate what makes evangelical Christianity distinct from secular Americans and secularized Christianity.
But, Parker advised her readers, evanglicals are not likely to hold onto this belief for long. In her words: "Graham isn't alone in his views. A survey of 1,000 Protestant pastors, conducted by an evangelical polling firm, found that 47 percent agree that Islam is "a very evil and a very wicked religion." But such opinions may be confined mostly to an older generation. Evangelicals under 30 believe that there are many ways to God, not just through Jesus."
In essence, Kathleen Parker was advising secular America that the distinctive evangelical belief in the necessity of belief in Christ for salvation has a generational expiration date stamped on it. She then cites research by David Campbell of Notre Dame and Robert Putman of Harvard indicating that "nearly two-thirds of evangelicals under 35 believe non-Christians can go to heaven, vs. 39 percent of those over 65."
As a youth pastor, I am praying that the Lord will be raising a generation that will shatter Parker's and others views of the decline of Christian orthodoxy in doctrine. It is our aim at Brighton Baptist Church to raise young men and women who will stand for biblical truth, even if no one else will.

Jacob