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Provide Worldview and Apologetics Training

The moment our children step out of the church and our homes is the moment they face a world that does not think like them. They face a world that is very vocal about their views and about their views toward Christianity. They think Christians are intolerant, arrogant, and uneducated because of our “ignorant” and “old-fashioned” beliefs. And they make their arguments based, not on the Bible, but on science, philosophy and logic. We must train ourselves to do the same. When dialoguing with the world, the moment we appeal to the Bible is the moment we lose our credibility and our argument. We worship the God of truth, and having truth on our side we need to demonstrate, through apologetics, the reasonableness of our beliefs and expose the lies behind the claims of non-Christian thinkers, artists, musicians, philosophers, entertainers and writers. We teach our children to understand that the Christian worldview is superior because it corresponds to reality, because it is livable, and because it provides reasonable and credible explanations for the nature of mankind, his predicament and his salvation.

Provide a Community of Like-minded Peers

Have you heard of the “True Partner Effect?” It’s a phenomenon, well documented by psychologists, which states that an individual tendency to conform to a majority position is reduced if there is one other person who supports the non conforming individual’s position. Not only is there, as the expression goes, safety in numbers, but there is also strength and courage. We do not believe that it was God’s plan for Christians to live their faith alone, independent of others. We believe that God gave us the church, and called us to be a community that engages the world together. The problem facing Christian youth today is that they lack a community of like-minded peers. Many churches do not have youth groups or services for the youth. As for those churches that do, they do not have an adequate number of students at each grade level to create a vibrant, encouraging community.

We consider Christian High School students who are already plugged into a thriving youth group to be lucky, and it’s our prayer that they continue serving and growing. Some students, however, aren’t so lucky: They may be part of a youth group with only a handful of other students, with no like-minded peers. There really is no reason to keep these students isolated from each other. And so we want to create a community of like-minded peers, by bringing students from local churches together on a regular basis. We hope that our students will find like-minded peers at InterHigh and be encouraged to serve their churches passionately and to live out their lives faithfully.

Provide College Student Mentors

Who are the primary influencers of our youth today? According to many sources, parents spend less than little time with their children. High school students spend hours watching media from their computer or T.V. Chances are that Christian youth are receiving more input and guidance from the media, from educators or from peers than from their parents. Though Christian youth grow up in Christian homes and in the church, they are confused about their faith and have a lot of questions that go unanswered. Many grow up without attention from an older, mature, godly role model. God ordained leaders to help present his people perfect in Christ (Colossians 1:28). As Christian leaders, we should not cause the younger ones to stumble by failing to provide the mentors that they need.

At InterHigh, all of our youth students will have a UC Berkeley college student mentor who is living out his or her faith and who can provide guidance and prayers. We hope that our mentors will serve as examples of how young Christians are to live out their faith. And if these college students can live out their faith and be academically successful at UC Berkeley, then perhaps InterHigh students will find encouragement to do so as well at their high schools and beyond.