Avoid the Homogeneity Tendencies in Youth Ministry
Yaconelli tells his listeners:
“You need to take the young people on a water skiing trip; but you also need to take them to the local historical museum. Yeah, that's right.
You need to the take high school students water skiing, and you need to take them to the ballet. Yes, I said, ballet.
You say: Mike, you'll only get three kids to the ballet.
I say: That's right. The three kids that need your attention and care that you wouldn't otherwise minister to. Those three kids will show up.”
Yaconelli goes on to say things like: Refuse to plan things only designed to reach the jocks and popular kids at church. The church and your thinking about the youth of the church needs to avoid homogeneity. We're not all the same. Homogeneity breeds a maintenance mentality. We do things because we do things; we reach students the way we've always done it.
Wise words on youth ministry in the local church.
G. Mark Sumpter
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