Comments on: Ministry Mutiny Principle 2 – Get Real

By: Mike Conner

Mike Conner — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:59:49 +0000

Greg, this is a great idea. It is very easy to use, although it scares students to death. I started using this principle this past Sunday and the students I had a chance to spend some time talking with loved it. I could see the "walls" of their life come down when we honestly talked about our struggles. I believe it is extremly important to give this opportunity for students to express how they feel and what they struggle with in such a way that they will not be condemned to "beat up" for the "wrong answers." Mike C

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:59:51 +0000

What is different about seeking to reach postmodern students verses youth ministry in the past? Not as much as we’ve been led to believe in the past. It has been asserted that this generation is so different we have to change our approach to presenting the GOSPEL with them. It seems like this changes with every generation. We’ve made it look and sound so different I’m not sure we are communicating the truth to them at all in some cases. I think of the GOSPEL presentation that Stephen gave before his stoning in Acts and I’ll be honest, I can’t remember the last time I heard it presented that clearly to this generation (other than a D2S conference). I’m not sure that we should put as much energy and money into addressing the unique postmodern generation as we have. I think we’ve made this much harder and much more complex than it really is. I think the core of Youth Ministry, ministry for that matter, is the same. Whether they’re postmoderns, millenials, gen-Xers…it doesn’t matter. At the end of the day we all need Jesus. It time we started sharing the GOSPEL plainly and clearly. We put far too much thought into the type of people we are sharing our faith with and then alter the message vs. focusing on the message we are relaying…that’s right…we are relaying a message presented to us by God through His Son Jesus Christ. We don’t have copyright authority to tweek and change the message as we see fit. It is what it is and it has changed lives for 2000 years. Who are we to think that we need to do something different to make it more appealing to this generation?

By: Becky

Becky — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 01:10:25 +0000

The thing that helps me learn is examples or pictures.Or if you relate real life situations to the bible.I try to pay attention but sometimes things can get uniteresting.Most teens including me sometimes just need to learn by your testiomony and we like it when it is always diffrent.