Comments on: What are the Qualifications of a Youth Group Leader?

By: Rudy K

Rudy K — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 04:26:00 +0000

Reformed churches would not need to ask and answer this question if they were more consistently “Sola Scriptura”. This will undoubtedly sound simplistic to some but there are no youth groups prescribed or described in Scripture and the youth leaders that are prescribed and described are parents, elders, and pastors. Christian parents would be greatly helped if their church leaders refrained from effectively declaring them incompetent to disciple their own children by insisting on the church “Sunday Schooling”, “Catechising/Discipling” and “Youth Grouping” their children. Parents are the ones that need the church to disciple them and develop their skills so that they can fulfill their God given responsibilities towards their children. Many Reformed Christian parents have grown spiritually lazy towards their children on account of unbiblical traditions and pressures from their church leadership to train their children for them. A recommended resource is “A Weed in the Church” by Scott Brown. R.C. Sproul Jr. says, “A Weed in the Church is honest, thoughtful and biblical. In the best Reformation tradition it considers our own traditions in the light of God’s Word. And then, directs us to obedience to the Word. I commend it highly. — RC Sproul Jr., Founder of Highlands Ministries, and a teaching fellow at Ligonier Ministries.

By: Nick Stuart

Nick Stuart — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 23:12:00 +0000

Youth ministry in church (vs. Young Life, YFC, and other organizations that are a parachurch outreach to unchurched teens which have their place and merit support as if they were missionary activities) should be abolished. The church should devote those resources to training the parents how to nurture their teen’s Christian formation and supporting family-centered events.
Doctors bury their mistakes, youth pastors graduate theirs.
Christian parents hand their children over at the age of 5 to a system of indoctrination whose foundational worldview is atheistic materialism (also known as the public school system), ignore them until they turn into teenagers, then wonder what happened to that sweet kid they used to know and go looking for a “good youth ministry” so the youth pastor can “fix” their kids. Or at least duct tape them together until they graduate high school.

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What are the Qualifications of a Youth Group Leader? -IKTHUS.NET — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 15:24:40 +0000

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By: Adam Tisdale

Adam Tisdale — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 15:45:00 +0000

Teachable