In addition, we know that living authentically as a Christian in today's world is difficult at best. Life as a practicing Christian requires determination and hard work if one is to live the faith. Also, being a Christian is choosing to be different from the rest of society. This is because we live in a time when the wrong is often promoted as the right, and the right is ridiculed and relegated to the unpopular. Authentic Christians who stand up and fight for the right will risk being labeled as lame, oddballs, or weird.
Some difficulties arise, furthermore, just from the nature of being single in our society.
This is because the single status has built-in problems such as vulnerability, weakened support systems, and few sources of consistent positive affirmation. Being a single person within a group that is experiencing racism, genocide, and more can subconsciously produce anxiety. But everything is not hopeless. Despite all the difficulties, the Black single adult who is Christian is the most eligible for successful living in the 1990s and beyond.