Young David's / Jr. Laymen T raining Material
| Young David's/Jr. Laymen (YDJL) Manuals/Training Video | |
| YDJL Guide | Click Here |
| YDJL Bible Bowl - Rules | Click Here |
| YDJL Bible Bowl - Sample Questions | Click Here |
| YDJL Counselor Training Video | Click Here |
Without question, the greatest potential of the Black Church today resides in
the group we call “Jr. Laymen”.
The Jr. Laymen are an important group to the Church and their influential
presence is increasingly coming to bear upon our Churches and their “traditional
ways”. Thus, it is to this age group that Black Christian Pastors, Parents,
Educators and Youth Workers must quickly turn their attention in order to
properly address the needs and oversee the growth of Black young men into full
maturity for the sacred truste of the Christian faith – the Faith of Jesus Christ –
sooner or later will pass within their preview.
And as it does, their manner of handling this sacred trust will become the tell
tale sing indicating whether their leaders have effectively taught and brought
them into complete maturity and whether they have spiritually prepared the
emerging young men to fulfill the Christian charge both in their Church and in
their generation.
Without heistation, the question of understanding Jr. Laymen preceeds the
question of how best to reach and teach them. If we do not understand our
young Black men – who they are – the scope of their age range, their
predominant characteristics, their needs and desires, their manner of thinking
and living, etc., we will fail to reach them, and those whom we have already
reached, we will fail to adequately teach. So, at the outset, it is essential and of
first importaance that we take a fresh and careful look at this growing stage of
Baptist Junior Laymen.
