A helpful post at The Gospel Coalition.
So much of today’s thinking in youth ministry is different than it was 20 years ago. Eating goldfish, iPod incentives, fog machines, and even chubby bunny are being reconsidered as the profession of youth ministry grows up. While it’s easy to find a local youth group that still practices some of these bygone techniques, more and more ministries are changing. The important question coming out of this new era of thought is a simple one: Why does youth ministry exist?
You can read the whole article here.
Other posts in the youth ministry series at TGC:
- A Brief History of Youth Ministry by Dave Wright
- MTD: Not Just a Problem with Youth Ministry by Brian H. Cosby
- Youth Ministry’s Tendency Toward Legalism by Cameron Cole
- Youth Need the Church, and the Church Needs Youth by Mark A. Howard
