Question:

What are the life issues/topics young adults and single adults face which leaders should be addressing through teaching, discussion and counseling?

 

Answer:

Besides spiritual issues (salvation, prayer, obedience, spiritual growth, etc) there are many life issues which young adults and single adults face that are not being addressed from a biblical and unmarried perspective in many churches today.

 

If the church does not teach and discuss these, where will they receive their information? The answer is clear! …From the world…the internet, movie theaters, television, rental movies, newspapers, magazines and non-Christian friends. Besides spiritual issues, young adults and single adults deserve teaching and discussion on topics such as:

 

Accepting singleness
Blending families
Bitterness
Building healthy relationships
Coping with changes
Courting/Dating
Dating again
Dealing with the death of my spouse
Dealing with guilt
Depression
Developing identity
Divorce recovery
Finding God’s will
Finding my career
Finding my new role
Forgiving my former spouse
Gossip
Grief Recovery
Identity
Jealousy
Living with Mom and Dad
Learning to forgive
Learning to risk
Learning to trust
Loneliness
Managing anger
Managing my emotions
Managing stress
Money management
Pre-martial education
Re-martial education
Rearing kids alone
Relating to married adults as a single adult
Relating to my former spouse
Self-esteem
Setting goals
Sexuality
Shared parenting
Single parenting
Singleness in a family-oriented church
Spiritual growth
Understanding emotions