The Impact of Church Leadership in Support of Transition from Junior Church into Youth in Methodist Church in Kenya, Machungulu Circuit

Abstract

Graduating youngsters through the teenager ministry of the church is usually a bittersweet expertise. Mostly, moving youngsters in their religious path has been the ultimate objective right along. Just as parents and pastors, youngsters usually feel a touch longing concerning transition. Transitioning youngsters could bring worry and uncertainty. Church leadership is a key factor in support of transition in the modern church. Church leaders should be providing better support to the transition of Sunday school to young adults. Church leadership should be aware that there is a distinct difference between the life-style of youths and that of the older generation. A descriptive survey was used as study design. simple random sampling was used to pick pastors, heads of church departments and parents as the respondents. The target population of 541 respondents of different ages, different family backgrounds and with different talents as exposed during church functions were picked randomly. Majority 446(99.1%) of the respondents indicated that leadership support transition from junior church into youth program while 4 (0.9%) indicated do not. The mean scores show that understanding that church leadership very highly leads to high transition from junior church into youth with a mean score of 3.86. upon continuous Church leadership set policies in standing orders promote transition from junior church into youth with a mean score of 3.81, Church leadership set policies in standing orders promote transition from junior church into youth with a mean score of 3.75, Recreational facilities programs support transition from junior to youth with a mean score of 3.72. From the findings of this study we can conclude that church leadership support transition from junior church into youth program. Churches leadership were able to organize and plan for mentoring sessions, youth fellowships, guidance and counseling, graduation ceremonies, teaching and training, health talks and incorporation of youth into leadership in the leadership meetings, seminars, budgetary allocation research findings are indicative various church leadership support helps transition from junior into youth through showing Passage Guidance and counselling session.