Church of the week
Going to the Frontlines to Capture Generation X
By Renelle Richardson
The 700 Club
CBN.com –
Food, fun, and friends…for many people, that's what life is all about. But for the members of Frontline ministries in Hamden, Connecticut, that's just scratching the surface.
This congregation, made up mostly of teens and twenty-somethings, is a one-of-a-kind church that uses various peer outreaches to reach to the unchurched of Generation X.
Katie is a member who testifies how God has changed her life through the church. She said, "I was a pot-head, I smoke a lot of pot. I drank a lot, was out partying, was very promiscuous. Someone invited me to come to Frontline and I surrendered my heart to Jesus Christ. I just gave Him my life.
Pastor Rick Rocco said, "Gen X is one of the fastest dying generations in history as far as Christianity is concerned."
He started Frontline as a youth group, but felt the Lord leading him to turn it into a full-time church and ministry.
But they don't keep all of this excitement for themselves, they share it throughout the community.
Justin heads the music ministry and describes what they do: "Holy Fire is a music ministry and our real vision is to see the church lit on fire for God and bring the lost to Christ."
And Roo heads up the churches pro-life ministry: "Stand for Truth is a pro-life ministry that we started, we want to get them from 'I don't want to have an abortion to really get a revelation of who Christ is."
Pastor Rocco says these young people are ready to serve:
"Gen-Xers are passionate, they push the envelope when to comes to Christ, they're passionate about Christ. When David wanted to get rid of Uriah, it said that he put him on the Frontline where the fighting is fiercest. And from the very beginning that's where I wanted to be, that's where I wanted to bring people, to the Frontline where the fighting is fiercest for our souls."
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