Oct 1, 2026 · 53 min · 14 segments
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On the Howes Church Manual, it's titled Youth Conferences, but when you actually get into it, it's actually just talking about a youth program.
Um, and so this is a little bit different than some things we've covered in the past, uh, because there's a lot here that we don't really necessarily have a problem with.
Uh, one of the things that I wanna mention is the, um, there, there are the, there is this idea over the last couple of years of church history and ministry where we have these, what we call silo ministries, where every little ministry becomes its own ministry inside the church, and they don't cooperate with each other.
Um, as a youth pastor, I tried to always, um, uh, I'd say always, try to often do things with other ministries.
I tried to bring those groups together so that we didn't feel like we were all on an island.
Um, and Howes says that in his book, to care about teenagers, uh, we ought to care about teenagers in the church, and I agree with that.
He says teenagers should be involved in church instead of being treated like they're waiting to become adults.
He encourages youth activities, youth choirs, camps, adult volunteers, proper supervision, pastoral counseling, and even evangelism.
There are plenty of things here and there, um, taken by themselves that are perfectly reasonable for church ministries.
So we're not gonna spend 30 minutes trying to convince you to have a youth choir, um, or by taking teenagers on a hayride that's legalist or, or legalism.
But there is a philosophy in this chapter that I believe deserves some attention.
Brett, I believe that Howes actually gives us a perfect picture of the almost immediately.
The young person has moved through children's, through the church's entire program, from the nursery to the high school, and now the church is putting the finishing touches on that young person's life before sending him off into adulthood.
And Brett, when I read that thought, the assembly line, well, that's the thought of this episode, the assembly line of the ministry.
ministry.Absolutely. Because, you know, um, we, we, we have to make some cookie cutter fundamentalists.
On the Howes Church Manual, it's titled Youth Conferences, but when you actually get into it, it's actually just talking about a youth program.
Um, and so this is a little bit different than some things we've covered in the past, uh, because there's a lot here that we don't really necessarily have a problem with.
Uh, one of the things that I wanna mention is the, um, there, there are the, there is this idea over the last couple of years of church history and ministry where we have these, what we call silo ministries, where every little ministry becomes its own ministry inside the church, and they don't cooperate with each other.
Um, as a youth pastor, I tried to always, um, uh, I'd say always, try to often do things with other ministries.
I tried to bring those groups together so that we didn't feel like we were all on an island.
Um, and Howes says that in his book, to care about teenagers, uh, we ought to care about teenagers in the church, and I agree with that.
He says teenagers should be involved in church instead of being treated like they're waiting to become adults.
He encourages youth activities, youth choirs, camps, adult volunteers, proper supervision, pastoral counseling, and even evangelism.
There are plenty of things here and there, um, taken by themselves that are perfectly reasonable for church ministries.
So we're not gonna spend 30 minutes trying to convince you to have a youth choir, um, or by taking teenagers on a hayride that's legalist or, or legalism.
But there is a philosophy in this chapter that I believe deserves some attention.
Brett, I believe that Howes actually gives us a perfect picture of the almost immediately.
The young person has moved through children's, through the church's entire program, from the nursery to the high school, and now the church is putting the finishing touches on that young person's life before sending him off into adulthood.
And Brett, when I read that thought, the assembly line, well, that's the thought of this episode, the assembly line of the ministry.
ministry.Absolutely. Because, you know, um, we, we, we have to make some cookie cutter fundamentalists.
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