Incomplete Adults

So basically I’m stealing this video from two places:

I saw it on Henry Zonio’s Blog

and he saw it on Scot McKnight’s Blog

But it’s awesomely funny and it will let you know that kids pick up on so much more than you give them credit for. So here is what I want you to think about: If you are in a relationship with God you are called to serve (my belief based on scripture you can go here to see a ton of verses and questions if you are wondering about our call to serve).  If kids can have a relationship to God do we give them opportunities to serve?

Again this is a different direction than the post that Henry gave, which by the way is incredibly awesome. I’ve been thinking about this so much with kids and teens that somehow they are only viewed as Henry says “incomplete adults”. However if we felt like these “incomplete adults” can have just the same impact on the kingdom as “complete adults (haha)” then would we view our preparation and time the same as we do now? I mean do we really believe that we are equipping, preparing, instilling, and developing servants for Christ?

I hope that this view of kids and teenagers as “incomplete adults” and thus less important members our the body of Christ doesn’t continue to be the majority view in the church. Because then the Missional Church that many church members have been praying for might never be realized.

I mean you have a generation desiring to help people and they may have to flesh out that desire somewhere other than the church because they aren’t complete adults yet. What are your thoughts?