Ministering to the Young Single Adult - Elmer Towns

d. Helps to keep the newly married interested and active.e. Married couples (all of whom met at the church) give better balance andstability to the group.f. Provides better continuity. 8This list of reasons for keeping the married and single young adults togetherseems impressive, but actually, they are not valid reasons.Not only is there a lack of advantage in keeping the young single and marriedpeople together; there are disadvantages as well. Again George Gleason is quoted:a. Their interests are altogether different.b. The single person often feels unwanted (in the mixed group).c. Topics discussed are not always of common interest.d. If the group becomes predominantly made up of single people, married coupleswill tend to shy away, and vice versa.e. More need of free nights at home for the married.f. Unmarried desires more hikes, socials, and the like than the married.g. The two groups spend their time in different ways.h. Married couples are absorbed in family life. The interests of single youngpeople are outside the home. 9Therefore, the young single adult should have his own peculiar group, ministeringto his unique needs. A church, in planning to make such a division, may encounter somedifficulties. But in the long run the total church program for both groups will be moreeffective.IV. SUMMARYThe construction of a program will not solve the problems of the young singleadult. Nor is a program the aim of the ministry to the young single adult. A program is ameans to an end, that end being the spiritual maturity of the young single adult.However, a program may solve the problems of a church. Young single adultsmay live in the neighborhood and a church cannot reach them. Young single adults maybe in the congregation and a church is not meeting their needs. Young single adults couldbe wasting their talents and not reaching their potential. If so, the right kind of programmay be used of God to accomplish the New Testament results.