The Africa we Want: Family and Youth Ministry, Inequality, and Poverty

Abstract

This contribution draws on the Agenda 2063 document to engage the role of family and youth ministry in relation to inequality and poverty. The question this paper addresses is, how can we read Agenda 2063 with a specific lens on ‘The Africa we want’, in conjunction with the challenges faced by unemployed youth? Many of them have given up on their aspirations because of traditional cultural views, while others have foregone their education to engage in a struggle for liberation – not only political liberation but also socio-economic liberation – and now face an uncertain future. Furthermore, how does youth ministry collaborate with the poor and the marginalised in their struggles for survival, liberation, and life, to live in the Africa ‘they’ want? This article makes intra- and interdisciplinary contributions by engaging the theological disciplines of missiology and practical theology as well as social and economic policy documents.