Towards a Bigger Wea democratization of youth ministry

Church

Technology

Technology

Church

I. 3 forces at work impacting ministry to teenagers

The Inverse Relationship

The numbers don’t work

0

7500000

15000000

22500000

30000000

Population

Teenagers in America (15-19) Paid Youth Workers

The history of youth ministry & the churches correction

Youth group doesn’t work for everyone

50 years of youth ministry data…

90%

10%

interested in youth group not interest in youth group

II. Where does that leave us?

Feeling Defeated

Feeling as though we’ve been called to something impossible

A crisis of faith: Things that worked for us don't seem to work anymore

III. A solution

Re-embracing the Parish

From the church of choice to the church of my neighborhood

How might we, the lowly youth worker, reach every teenager in our community?

The answer is a bigger we

IV. The map of teenagers relationships with the adult world

Tim

Who shapes Tim’s worldview?

Tim

Tim

grandpa

drake

best friends

francis chan

dreams

parents

english teacher

hockey coach

big brother

pastor

V. A youth worker is an adult who ministers to adolescents

counselors

coaches

school

parents

church

VI. We need to get more efficient

Dedication & Leadership

Develop systems of indoctrination which are completable

Eliminate co-dependency on the staff

VII. Stone Adam for the ecclesiastical heretic he is. :)