Empowering Youth for Justice and Stewardship: A Call to Action
Embrace the call to love God and be good stewards by advocating justice and empowering youth. Discover the global challenges, the importance of justice work, and the potential of activating youth engagement towards a better future.
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Loving God and Being a Good Steward 2019 Asia Chapter Presentation
The Greatest Commandment Matthew 22:36-39 Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law? Jesus replied: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.
A Glimpse of the World 16% of the world s population are adolescents aged 10-19 years old Nearly 1 in 4 children is living in a country affected by humanitarian crisis Nearly 31 million children worldwide had been displaced by violence or conflict In Asia, there are 500 billionaires but 1.6 billion are living less than $2 a day In Asia, nearly 1 in 10 children are engaged in child labor In Asia, up to 40% of children are emotionally neglected or abused In Asia, 11-22% of girls experienced sexual abuse
Our Youths Today Our Future Tomorrow Among the poorest adolescents 1 in 4 has never attended school 1 in 2 has either dropped out of primary school or is still in primary school many years after expected completion India and China has 360 and 300 million youths respectively 36 million of these youths are unemployed 300 million are underemployed
Why We Do Justice Going Back to God s Heart Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. (Isiah 1:17) The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love. (Psalm 33:5) What does the Lord require of you? To act justice and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8)
Engaging in the Work of Justice To do justice means to render to each what each is due. Justice involves harmony, flourishing, and fairness, and it is based on the image of God in every person the Imago Dei that grants all people inalienable dignity and infinite worth. Ken Wytsma, author of Pursuing Justice
Unleashing the Potential Activating Youth Engagement Increase accessibility to equitable education to both boys and girls Increase employment rate with skill-based training Education builds character and increases literacy, knowledge and skills Investing $22 per capita per year in secondary school education generates economic benefits of 12x the costs Businesses that do good is good business
Role of CAPP On Care for our Common Home CAPP Asia aims to call for the private sector to rethink their business norm to reflect businesses can be an engine for good CAPP Asia aims to link up the private and social sector for greater communication and collaboration CAPP Asia aims to increase the capacity and leadership in the social sector to catalyze impact
Call to Action Who is Your Neighbor? Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
