Ten Reasons Why So Many of Today's Youth are False Converts

By Tony "The Lawman" Miano
Monday, October 13, 2008
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Like so many other street evangelists, I've talked to literally hundreds of junior high and high school aged kids who are members of church youth groups, or have been exposed or participated in church youth groups. The vast majority of them are lost. Oh, they say they love Jesus; but they don't have a clue as to how a person comes to receive the free gift of eternal life. Sadly, they've become young experts, with the help of their hip adult leaders, on how to look nothing like Christ or His Church while claiming to be one of His followers. They are relevant renegades in need of redemption.

Granted, the above does not apply to all church youth leaders. I know of a few who are raising up disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ; not disciples of Sponge Bob, Mortal Kombat, Jessica Simpson, or Foosball. I know of a few who are teaching their young people the principles of biblical evangelism; not a version of friendship evangelism that specializes in friendship with the world without ever mentioning Christ, sin, judgment, hell, justification, and salvation.

Oh, and when talking about youth ministry and youth pastors let's keep in mind that the whole concept is extra-biblical; meaning, we won't find an example of it in Scripture. This is not to say that youth ministry is wrong, necessarily (although so very much of what is called "youth ministry" in America is so very wrong). And youth leaders wouldn't have to take on the mantle of discipling young people if more Christian parents were fulfilling their God-given responsibility to raise up and teach their children, using the Bible and their personal pursuit of holiness and Christ-likeness as their children's guides. However, when doing anything that is extra-biblical we must be extra-careful.

A friend of mine shared the following video made by a youth leader, which is a parody of youth ministry. While the video was made tongue-in-cheek, the video contains a good deal of unfortunate truth about the state of youth ministry, today.

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