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Forum 4 (Module 4)

Topic: Consider what your thoughts are on youth ministry in relation to the family. Create an argument for or against a partnership between youth ministry and the family, including scriptural support for your argument. Briefly discuss the topic of how this partnership can help or hurt a youth ministry in a contemporary world. Submit your thread no later than 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Thursday of Module/Week 4. Then, reply to at least 2 other classmates' threads no later than 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of the same module/week.

I have to confess, when I was a young youth pastor, I thought parents got in the way of my ministry at times.  I thought I knew their kids better than they did and that I was best equipped to help their youth grow spiritually.  I was so far off!  When I became a dad, and as my boys began to grow up, I realized no youth pastor could have more impact on them than I could.  As I got older, I began to see parents as allies and then as the primary disciplers of their own children.  I became a better youth minister then.  I hope you will share some practical ideas this week from what you see in our books and presentation about how we can form a healthy partnership with parents, even parents who do not know Christ.

Dr. Sirles