Obsessed with cool. Trnedy. Impulsive. Self-focused. Caught up in the moment. Probably sounds like a description of some of the kids in your youth group.
But, actually, um....well...this is not an article about youth culture, or the world of today’s teenagers. This is an article about us—those of us in the youth ministry culture, those of us who work with teenagers—and how we seem to be sliding into an adolescent approach to our faith and mission. Look at our “must read" books, listen to our conversations, go to our seminars, and measure our values. Even a quick survey of the current youth ministry culture tells the story: we’re not just working with teenagers; we’re starting to think like them.
This is a very good article and critique of the Emergent church/postmodern thing.
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I have always believed that youth ministers on the whole perpetuate adolesent and immature behavior rather than helping teens grow out of it. That is part of the reason I went into college ministry-to help students through a stage in life they were ill prepared to go through. Very good link!
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