Etrek / Biblical Seminary
Here's a copy of a letter I wrote for the the Etrek / Biblical Seminary folks.

"Every week I talk to youth pastors who are living in a tension. They love teens but have significant questions about how to do youth ministry within their church. This tension often leads them to feel they need to resign from their position, or sadly they are fired. This tension has led to a call from youth pastors to move beyond our current understandings and models of youth ministry, to a way that will better support teens and their families. There is a need for church leaders to imagine a way of ministry to teens beyond the current reality, to ReImagine youth ministry. This Spring Etrek and Biblical Seminary are providing a forum for discussing the future of youth ministry. I'm excited to be facilitating this class as we engage the hearts and minds of a few of the leading thinkers currently shaping the future of youth ministry, including Kenda Dean, Steve Argue, Mike King, Ginny Olson, Dan Kimball, Mark Oestreicher, and Tony Jones. I hope you'll join us as together we discover some of the ways in which God is shaping the future of youth ministry.

Mark Riddle
President & Lead Consultant
The Riddle Group

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