Christianity and the Future of Faith Zion Ministries is located on the corner of Webster and Park Avenue somewhere in the Bronx. With a congregation of approximately one hundred and fifty adults who cross several racial and cultural lines. It is only a small church but within its ranks you will find a diverse history of religious experiences, a common appreciation and accommodation of individual differences, and perhaps even a prophecy of the future. Nowhere is the meeting more lively on a Sunday morning than in the youth department. This is where the church exercises its discretion, from adolescents to newborns. My interests mainly concern teenagers. Bold and uninhibited they are a product of the hip hop culture recently grafted into the body of Christ. There is freedom in their worship and their faith. Their discourse (in the literal and biblical sense of the term), both inside and outside the church premises, is the same: shoot straight and do not give in to anything that cannot demonstrate its practical usefulness. I cannot say that this unequivocality regarding faith is the result of the fact that they have reconciled, in their minds, the conflict between the principles of the kingdom of God and the practices of the circular society (often it is the same uncertainty that pushes us to a more carefully verify the things we have believed in); but this, rather, seems to be the result of a way of thinking that values ​​immediate profit above all. A standard of values ​​that holds or passes on information (even doctrinal information) according to this criterion. Of course we all agree on the fundamental issues. As for the necessity and process of salvation, but also for others such as the earthly benefits of salvation (in fact almost a...... middle of paper......oribund culture and that to such an extent that we are in danger to lose it. A common encouragement among evangelical preachers is that Jesus commanded the disciples to "go" and not to "gather". importance in society, as well as providing a moral foundation from which the world is constantly moving. It is time that we are presented with a holistic explanation of faith that defines every aspect of human existence, rather than disjointed theological principles only hope for a future. Works Cited Freud, Sigmund The Future of an Illusion London: W. W. Norton and Company, 1989. Harris, The End of Faith New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc, 2005. Davis, Don C. "Faith for the future". The Futurist September 2005: 51-54. EBSCO research database. EBSCO.