“Social Justice” Indoctrination of Youth in ACNA

Last time, I noted that Jemar Tisby wants churches to turn 1 Corinthians 2:2 on its head and “consistently address racial justice for months and years at a time.”  I then hinted that this policy may have infiltrated ACNA.

Aaron Buttery and the Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others (C4SO) has let the cat out of the bag.  It has infiltrated.

Issues of race, injustice and social unrest are not meant to be a one-time topical study or series. These crucial conversations are intended to take place over the course of our ministry so young people know that racism and injustice have no place in the kingdom or in the lives of those who follow Jesus.

Yes, all through a student’s stay in church, keep bombarding him/her about “racism and injustice” (which may be different than real racism and real injustice).  Besides what can possibly be more important for the church to be teaching youth?

·       In what ways are you catechizing your students about racism or injustice—not generically, but directly?

·       How often, through teaching or the prayers, are you shaping students to see racism and injustice through the lens of the Kingdom? For instance, in the prayers of the people?

Should the church really be catechizing about “racism and injustice?”  Is that what orthodox catechesis is about? Yes! And often!  Priorities!

·       Have you spoken with your Rector about equipping parents to discuss systemic racism at home?

Yes, pester the Rector to pester the parents about “systemic racism” so youth can be bombarded at home, too!  And if any youth and families get fed up with all that Woke Church stuff and flee the church, well, they were probably hellbound racists anyway.

In all seriousness, anyone with any contact with youth knows many youth are rebelling against wokeness.  If you do what Tisby and Buttery wants, the church is asking to lose these youth, not to mention families.  And any youth with any common sense know there are at the very least higher priorities for the church.  I can not blame them if they do flee such indoctrination on “racism and injustice.” 

·       How does your ministry communicate the difference and intersection between social justice and Kingdom justice?

Let me make it simple.  There is darn little intersection between “social justice” and Kingdom justice unless by “intersection” you mean a car crash.  

Besides that, Christ will bring in his Kingdom.  We will not bring in the Kingdom by our sociopolitical agendas whether they be woke or Trumpist or whatever.  The church should invite people to join the Kingdom by proclaiming the Gospel . . . the Gospel in the Bible, not some “social justice” gospel.  To think otherwise is pretentious as the Stand Firm podcast recently examined well.

Now before one thinks Buttery’s post is just one of those many goofball C4SO things, he has a position at the provincial level of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) as the Director of Student Ministry in Esau McCaulley’s Next Generation Leadership initiative.

I will leave it to ACNA readers how much they should put up with this.  I can think of some youth who would not put up with this at all.