As a youth pastor, I am sad to say the modern version of youth ministry has failed to produce spiritually healthy, mature disciples of Jesus. Fortunately, there is a better way:

Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates, so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth.

Deuteronomy 11:18-21

Thoughts to Ponder

Just a few generations ago a man was considered spiritually responsible if he led his family before the throne of God in prayer, read and taught the Scriptures at home, and led family devotions (among other things).Today parents are considered responsible if they find the church with the best staffed nursery and the most up to date youth ministry.

Voddie Baucham

 

In the late 1800’s there was a clear understanding that the call to disciple children and teenagers was the responsibility of parents and grandparents, and it was a role that could not be delegated to anyone else. During the 20th century, however, Christians began to more closely reflect the secular culture and adopted the model of delegation parenting. Do you want your kids to learn to play the piano? Get them a tutor.Want them to learn to play basketball? Find them a coach.Want them to learn about Jesus? Put them under a youth pastor.As a result, your job as a parent became more about driving the minivan and dropping them off at all the institutions that now train your children.

Rob Rienow

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Show Highlights

• Why I started this Podcast
• What it means to pastor your children
• Training your children with your words
• Training your children with your actions
• The role of the church in the family
• The role of the family in the church

Resources Mentioned

Family Worship by Donald S Whitney

The Radical Book for Kids

The Jesus Storybook Bible

Rob Rienow on Visionary Family

Voddie Baucham