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YOU editor doesn’t hold back
Bible study focuses on urban audience
“I want YOU to take a comprehensive approach to relevant Christian education,” Bennett said. “I want to help people address topics that are already in the public sphere and add a Christian perspective.”
Before designing the new curriculum, Bennett and others visited with churches, young adults in particular, to find out what they wanted.
“After talking with a group of young adults in Milwaukee, we saw our goal – to capture the audience that thinks Sunday school and Bible study are irrelevant and boring,” she said. “Our topics are going to be universal – topics that apply to people across cultural and racial lines. It isn’t an option to make YOU an all-black resource. That’s not reality anymore than making a resource that only speaks to all white people with 2.3 children.”
Bennett knows about living in a multicultural world. Her father was in the military and her family lived in several states. “Living in the Detroit area gave me my first real taste and appreciation for the different culture groups and racial groups,” she said. “Every weekend there was a different cultural festival going on. It was wonderful.”
Bennett received her seminary degree in Michigan. She is completing her doctorate in educational curriculum in Nashville while working at LifeWay. “I have always had a passion for education. My mother is an administrator with a public school system in Arkansas, so I have seen the difference she has been able to make in people’s lives. I want to do that same thing for churches.”
Inside LifeWay, the official news podcast of LifeWay Christian Resources, interviewed Bennett about the YOU resources. A podcast is available at www.lifeway.com/insidelifeway.
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