Ministries

Youth ministry distinctives

Teens and parents together in the Lord

Mission: To strengthen relationships with God and parents through ministry designed to produce disciples.

• We believe a disciple is a follower who produces other followers.
• We believe the greatest portion of responsibility for a young person’s spiritual training rests with the parents.
• We believe youth ministry should support the parents in that responsibility rather than create a sub-church of teens or position a youth leader to be a surrogate parent.
• We believe the Bible is God’s personal communication to us and is the final authority and guide for life.
• We believe fun is an important thing but not the only thing.
• We believe young people can serve the Lord in almost every capacity an adult can. Effective youth ministry should challenge them to do so.
• We believe young people respond to compassionate challenge.
• We believe serving God with all our hearts is the most interesting, challenging and exciting thing we will ever do.