Youth Ministry: The Struggles and Blessings of a Curriculum

Abstract

Youth ministry is full of difficult challenges for a youth leader in today’s day and age. This paper discusses some of those challenges and how they need to be addressed in a youth group setting. There is also a review of current youth Bible studies produced by the WELS and LCMS. A number of youth leaders were interviewed to gain perspectives into their ministry experiences. These experiences helped to guide the direction of this project. The purpose of this project is to develop an outline form of Bible study. This Bible study can be filled in and fleshed out by each individual youth leader. This process would not require a lot of reworking of material to suit their individual needs and purposes. The long-term goal is to develop a complete curriculum of this style of Bible study.