Questions

I wrote these questions about three years ago when I started rethinking things. They changed the way I view youth ministry:

1. When was the last time we saw teens and their parents inside the walls of the church discussing spiritual things together?
2. Do we equip and support parents of teens even a fraction as much as the teens that walk through their doors?
3. How much time does our church/youth ministry invest in parents?
4. What percentage of our youth ministry programs involves parents as participants, not just chaperones or leaders?
5. Which of our ministries communicate that parents are the most important part of a teen’s faith formation?