The Insane Youth Ministry Solution
Church leaders who want a "great" youth ministry, but who struggle with the current reality are often tempted to return to the well of another youth pastor hire. If you feel as if you need a youth pastor to fix the problem with your youth ministry, whether it be relational, programmatic, theological, or vision and it looks like the obvious solution is hiring someone to lead... don't. 99% of the time, this is the wrong solution.
You've heard that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.
That would make this the insane youth ministry solution.
Still the temptations is strong, because most church leaders see no other alternative.
You've heard that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.
That would make this the insane youth ministry solution.
Still the temptations is strong, because most church leaders see no other alternative.
Labels: youth ministry
posted by mark at
2:28 PM
2 Comments:
Mark - I like your idea...another idea I've had...instead of "competing" with other youth ministry "programs"/churches in the same town or city, why not let youth programs and leaders come together in order to minister to the community as a whole. Let those gifted in teaching...let them teach. Let those gifted in music...let them do music. Let those gifted in shepherding and relational ministry...let them minister. Instead of having every church have a youth program which eventually has to be "better" than the one down the street...instead of having every church have a youth program that essentially looks exactly like the one down the street...instead of competition to get butts in seats or instead of trying to appease pastors and parents by telling them that "OUR" program will keep your kids in "OUR" church, why not have a Kingdom effort where every youth leader contributes to the effort of the whole. I know that we aren't wired up like that in the church of modernity...but it is a solution that I believe would work better than spending $100's of thousands of dollars in duplicity. Anyway, that's enough for now!
That's a great point. People don't want to do the work of taking a hard look at what they are doing and evaluating their philosophy. Instead, they want to bring someone in who can either work a miracle or be a temporary fix.
They're relying on his personality to change their students instead of the word of God.
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