Is youth ministry failing?
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Today was my first encounter with Hamo [not that I could be vaguely considered his friend and he has probably never heard of me!] - but he wrote a provocative post called the failure of youth ministry - provocative title wouldn’t you say?
Upon investigation he is challenging the hype of youth ministry and the need to get the youth pumped up - and is suggesting that it is in discipleship that lives are changed. I would certainly agree with that.
A short time ago I was in a room with over 300 young people and they were pumped. I guess for me the question is: can we pump them up but still work hard at the relational side? Does the relational aspect of ministry also need the group dynamic of the large crowd of young people, pumped up and on fire for God? Are they mutually exclusive?
I think they can co-exist but I believe one is more essential than the other.
Just my couple of cents.
