Comments on: Is Youth Ministry in the Bible?

By: Youth Ministry

Youth Ministry — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:53:00 +0000

Sorry I didn’t see this earlier but I just posted a post from a guest about the movie so it should be interesting to see the conversation about it.

By: Youth Ministry

Youth Ministry — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:52:00 +0000

Hey please share in the conversation on the posting that just was posted on Tyler’s comment: http://www.youthministryideas.net/2011/09/13/new-movie-divided-asks-is-modern-youth-ministry-biblical/

By: Josephmarqueziii

Josephmarqueziii — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:04:00 +0000

Hi my name is Joe if we look at 1 Timothy 4:12 and it talks about young people and it tells them to set an example in speech,conduct,love,faith and purity. That is pretty brutal for a young person to do by themselves. Which is why we have the church right…. Well the reality is when the pastor goes and preaches I don’t care if your church is a bible based church or not it mostly affect the ages 18 and up, which is the reason even in a school system they break up classes by levels because the understanding of the individual is different. So as part of the body…. as Christ is the head we create a place which is a part of the church not a separate thing but a place to explain how to live this thing called Christianity along with their parents, if there is even parents present in their homes, which we all know a single parents home is more common than having the privilege of two parents. Anyways…. Yes I agree it’s not biblical in the sense it’s not in the bible, but let’s not be to naive that there is not a need in the church for a place for young people to ask,live and mature. the bible talks about bearing fruits, if we are just having a youth group for the sake of it I would say prob re-think it, but if there is a need then by all means let’s affect and equip the next generation before the world does…… Take or leave it…… I’m pretty sure Go who’s is described as a father wouldn’t look down and say “oh no the way there affecting the body is not what I put in scripture exactly,,,, i think he knows the need of his bride and he puts this passion in our hearts To mature his bride……

By: Tyler

Tyler — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:39:00 +0000

A helpful and informative documentary on this subject is Divided the movie, which is free online until September 15, 2011. The book A Weed in the Church more fully addresses the issue of age segregation in the church.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:45:06 +0000

It concerns me when Christians speak out and assert that something not biblical needs to happen in the Church. It’s the same as saying Jesus’s plan had mistakes, and because we know how to do it better, it’s our job to make a correction. The reason that Youth Ministry is failing the Church overall is because it’s a worldly idea that we adopted as part of the body of Christ. We have instituted this idea and now that it has failed, we continue to make excuses that it only needs to be tweaked or have a personnel change. The percentages of lost “Christian” youth in America don’t add up. “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6). This clearly explains success. Is this where we are?

We as Christian parents have chosen not to follow God’s directive in raising our children. Paul told fathers to bring up their children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4). He did not say take them to a building and hand them off to your neighbors. If the Church continues down this road of inserting its self between the parent and child… well, it will be written that Jesus was just a teacher… and his last student died in the 21st century. We have created a new church. This church sits and awaits judgment for not adhering to His will. I wonder when He comes if he will say, “I don’t know you.”