Are we?
‘Where there is no vision, the people perish.’ The quote is, of course, how some interpret Proverbs 29.18. The NIV renders it: ‘Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law’.
God’s word is that which guards us and saves us from undue wandering in godless places. But we do need to hear God’s revealed word to teach us how we should move in the future. But how do you look at the future and how should we, as churches trying to do biblical youth ministry, be looking to the future? Here are some models.
1. The Gaps model
A church perceives they have a problem with their youth ministry. Young people are not sticking around, parents are unhappy. There is no plan but we just need someone who can keep our young people happy. This usually leads to
