Teenage pregnancy record-high
Daily Post, Issue 1698 - Tuesday 11 April 2006.
"...95 teenage pregnancies were reported in 2000, 100 in 2001,, 135 in 2002, 130 in 2003, 281 in 2004 and 250 in 2005....In the first 10 days of April 2006, 66 babies were born, of which twenty five percent of the mothers are teen aged between 16 and 19. These figures represent strictly mothers who are recorded at Vila Central Hospital."
Is there hope for these young mothers? While young people are trying to find acceptance and meaning to life, the church is still trying to sort out it's differences between denominations, backbiting, arguing about who's the best church, etc. There's a saying that goes something like so, "When the elephants fight, the grass and ants die."
Is it possible that the church is fighting the wrong enemy, while the real enemy of our families laughs. Can the church put aside their differences and unite to curp this rising teenage problem?
jack
