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There are many challenges in student ministry. However, one that doesn’t find its way into many training manuals or seminars is being the youth pastor to your own children. My theory is that many in student ministry either don’t make it past those years or have had a bad experience and don’t want to talk about it. It can definitely be a time of testing.
Not only are there strange emotions and challenges for your teenager, but church and youth group members bring weird ...
I have spent over 30 years working with students in some capacity since I surrendered to the ministry on Nov. 7, 1993. Although I am not currently “on staff” as a student pastor, I still work with our high school ministry at Antioch in Conway as a volunteer. As anyone who works in student ministry understands, this is the time of year when things get really busy — mission trips, church...