Picking a Fight: I think Youth Ministry degrees are stupid! ? The Ramblings - Conversations about life, culture, ministry, ect. http://theramblings.org/picking-a-fight-i-think-youth-ministry-degrees-are-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-3954 shawn.m Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:12:00 +0000 http://theramblings.org/2007/07/03/picking-a-fight-i-think-youth-ministry-degrees-are-stupid/#comment-3954 interesting point about youth pastors. I just got drafted to be a youth pastor again at a small church. all the previous pastor youth did was games. So now I have been handed a youth group that only wants to do games with no listening to teaching. Think it is going to take me 6 months to get them to sit still for 15 minutes. The parents insist on the games as they want it to be a fun place for kids to come. It was easier to be a head pastor for 8 months than a youth pastor. So all power to whoever leads a youth group. For qualification I do have a youth ministry degree with a urban ministries minor, plus a masters in non profit management. I think nothing you learn in bible college or seminary prepares you for ministry. yes the teaching on how to study and preaching helps. What helped the most was the children's ministry I did in inner city mpls. That is where I learned to love others more than myself with Gods help interesting point about youth pastors. I just got drafted to be a youth pastor again at a small church. all the previous pastor youth did was games. So now I have been handed a youth group that only wants to do games with no listening to teaching. Think it is going to take me 6 months to get them to sit still for 15 minutes. The parents insist on the games as they want it to be a fun place for kids to come.

It was easier to be a head pastor for 8 months than a youth pastor.

So all power to whoever leads a youth group. For qualification I do have a youth ministry degree with a urban ministries minor, plus a masters in non profit management. I think nothing you learn in bible college or seminary prepares you for ministry. yes the teaching on how to study and preaching helps. What helped the most was the children’s ministry I did in inner city mpls. That is where I learned to love others more than myself with Gods help

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