There are many different ways which we gauge the success of any ministry. That might be numbers or how much fun people are having or it might be how many youth leaders come from the group or how many are acting on social justice or how many are reading Bible.
After three years Jesus certainly hadn’t achieved these things. The best hope was on Peter the only one who hadn’t run away scared when Jesus was arrested and he was denying that he even knew Jesus.
God calls us not to be successful but to be faithful.
To be faithful in loving others as God has loved us and faithful in sharing with them the love that God has for them.
God calls us to be Faithful not successful.
For me the best measure of a Youth Group is to ask “are you sharing your life and the gospel with them?” (1 Thess 2:8) or to put it another way “are you loving them the way God has loved you and sharing God’s love for them?”
After three years Jesus certainly hadn’t achieved these things. The best hope was on Peter the only one who hadn’t run away scared when Jesus was arrested and he was denying that he even knew Jesus.
God calls us not to be successful but to be faithful.
To be faithful in loving others as God has loved us and faithful in sharing with them the love that God has for them.
God calls us to be Faithful not successful.
For me the best measure of a Youth Group is to ask “are you sharing your life and the gospel with them?” (1 Thess 2:8) or to put it another way “are you loving them the way God has loved you and sharing God’s love for them?”
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