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Why faith-based youth work offers a solution to the London Riots

Youthwork Magazine editor, Martin Saunders, wrote this piece in the Guardian looking at the London Riots from the perspective of a Christian youth worker:

Faith-based youth work has something special, something inherently different to offer them, because it offers something distinctive: transformation. And we in the faith community must not be ashamed of where that transformation comes from: an engagement with young people’s yearning sense of spirituality – something which promises rewards even greater than financial gain.

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    • #london
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    • #youth work
    • #spirituality
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    • #christianity
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Hi, I'm James Henley, and I lead The Lab - an experimental church for young adults - in Newport, South Wales.

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