Top 5 Things Youth Pastors Do:

It is funny--- we remember what we are suppose to forget, but we forget what we are suppose to remember

Theologically trash talking among other trained youth pastors can be fun, but one needs to be careful and mindful. It doesn’t matter if a youth pastor is a fundamentalist, hippie, Pentecostal, legalistic, compromisers, sinner, left wing liberal, tattoo artist, and/or religious; you are going to get doctrinally attacked at some point in your youth ministry career.

Generally, a Youth Pastor works with a lot of different students. A Youth Pastor may work with a student who is: shy, creative, vocal, cynical, smart, naive, sarcastic, bold, confronting, depressed, lonely, dumb, hilarious, emo, skater, surfer, conservative, liberal, high personality, band nerd, athlete, low personality, etc… The beauty about working with many students is [...]

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.