Mat Walls
Mat Walls is head of Message Wales, a Christian charity at the heart of sharing the gospel in schools, prisons and tough to reach communities.
COVID-19 and the challenge of discipling young people
13 July 2020Young people have long been labelled screen junkies, constantly glued to their smartphones, 24-hour gaming, YouTube and Twitch, or dancing away to the latest TikTok trend. So it came as a bit of a shock that, when the world moved online due to the lockdown restrictions, the young people we had assumed already inhabited the digital world were some of the hardest people to reach. The surge in online church services and Zoom meetings has been a lifeline to many churches and their congregations,…
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