Abstract: Youth bulges have become a global phenomenon and Kenya is no exception to this trend. Kenyans in the age bracket of 30 years and below constitute about 75% of the country's population, forming the largest source of human resource. However, they have remained on the periphery of the country's affairs and their status has not been accorded due recognition. They have been excluded from designing, planning and implementing programms and policies that affect them. The youth form 60% of the total labour force but many of them have not been absorbed in the job market owing to the country's high unemployment level. According to the Kenyan constitution, the youth need to be empowered with the relevant education, skills, and training that can enable them participate in all aspects of life and this is the duty of all state institutions. This will enable the youth to increase their spiritual, political, social, educational, moral, and economic participation in the community for service delivery and development. The youth provide the baseboard to the economic, political and social transformation of the country hence through their empowerment the prosperity of the nation is secured. The study established that majority of the youth had some roles to play in their churches, which included acting as spiritual leaders, and church elders. Further the results showed that they participated in singing, co-ordinating church programmes advising, preaching, working as secretaries, providing community service, ushering and teaching others. However, the youth did not participate in key positions such as working as church treasurers. The study established that misunderstandings, lack of support and rejection were the most serious challenges that the youth face in the course of discharging their church duties while opposition from other church members was the least.
Keywords: global phenomenon, church treasurers, church members, spiritual leaders.
Title: THE ROLE OF THE SEVENT DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN PROMOTING YOUTH LEADERSHIP IN MOSANDO DISTRICT, KISII COUNTY
Author: Yucabeth Kerubo Nyauntu, Dr. Hezekiah Obwoge, Dr. David J. Ndegwa
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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