What Is Gospel-Centered Youth Ministry?
Gospel-centered youth ministry is about more than the content of our Bible teaching; the form of our ministry must reflect the gospel, too.
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Gospel-centered youth ministry is about more than the content of our Bible teaching; the form of our ministry must reflect the gospel, too.
If we fail to place the gospel at the center of our youth ministries, we will be doing nothing but raising up a generation of Pharisees.
I can say that I am “gospel-centered” all I want, but the true test of that moniker comes through what I deliver as “of first importance” – not merely in my teaching, but as I disciple and walk with students through suffering.
Being a teenager is difficult because almost everything changes. A handful of students face the challenge of new classes, schools, cities, states, and countries. Many cycle through different phases, friend groups, and fads. For Gen Z, uncertainty is…
When people ask me why a focus on Gospel-centeredness is so critical in youth ministry, my response comes to me in faces: Robbie and Kevin, adopted brothers struggling to integrate into their family. Charlie, for whom I stumbled…
Christ’s words on discipleship continue to haunt me: “If you would follow me, take up your cross daily, deny yourself and follow me”(Lk 9:32). Take up your instrument of a torturous death and follow Christ. To put it…