‘What if youth group was a place where students diligently sought God’s voice in their lives? What if youth group was a sanctuary, not a stage; a worship centre, not a program centre; a listening place, not a lecturing place? Yes, I do believe that youth ministry should be the most dangerous place in the church. Yes, I do believe that when Christ runs loose in the youth group, everyone in the church is in danger. I’m convinced they’ll leave the comfortable kind of Christianity in which people are normal and predictable – and run after the abnormal and unpredictable Jesus.’
Mike Yaconelli 1942-2003

