Purpose of youth ministry?
While away a couple of weeks ago I picked up a couple of cheap books.
One of them was "Timeless youth ministry", by Vukich & Vandergriff.
Just the title alone raises questions!
Anway I'm getting through it - it's not the most well written book and quite North American, but there's some stuff there that would be good for those new to youth ministry.
I'm at the chapter called "The purpose of youth ministry" (which amusingly comes about half way through), and I came across this:

"The aims of youth work are no different than the aims of a local church".
Interesting - I'll wait to see what the rest of the chapter has in store!
But I'd be interested to see if anyone has any reactions to that quote?