What are the qualifications of a youth pastor? Qualifications of a REYouthPastor: courageous, rigorous discipline, unwavering devotion to Jesus, psychologically strong, brains, and expertise in all that they do.

It is my goal to be a youth ministry lifer. This Fall I am entering my 7th year of youth ministry and I hope I have many more successful years of youth ministry. I attended this open space because I wanted to learn and listen to veteran youth pastors about how to best endure youth ministry vocational hardships.

how do I become a youth pastor?

As youth pastors we think we need to sell our souls to the church and say yes to about 80% of the stuff that comes our way to prove to our parents, students, staff, and others we are DOING THE WORK OF THE LORD. Right? How many times have we said: I have to do this?