BACKGROUND OF THE YOUNG ADULT’S FELLOWSHIP

One of the major decisions taken at the 2005 General Assembly held at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in the Asante Presbytery was to create a new ministry of young adults in the church. That upper youth age limit was to be reduced from 35 years to 30 years and Young adults’ age begins at 30 years plus one day to 40 years. Some of the main objective of that decision was to Attract, sustain and prepare for adult life the majority of the church’s young adults who fell out of active church membership. Narrow or reconcile the disparity between PCG’s youth age bracket definition and that of the developed countries.

Train, coach and produce effective and efficient young adult leaders to help in the realization of the church’s goals.

To implement the decision, General Assembly Council (GAC) meeting of November the same year, year, charged the Director of the Department of Church Life and Nurture (CLAN) to come out with a modality for its realization. A select committee made-up of 9 members was put in place by the Director-CLAN in January 2006 and they developed a proposal for the structure and task-off of the Young Adults Ministry.