Why It’s OK for Youth Pastors to Not Hang Out With Students

Posted on by Biblical Guy

4533635450_a7aef2eff6_bNow before you jump down my throat for the title, just listen.

I’m going to be real with you for a second. For the last six months as I have been in my new position as the lead next generation pastor, I have felt like an awful youth pastor. I have not hung out with a majority of my students. Do I go to events we do and interact with them? Absolutely. Do I mingle, pray for and hang out before and after services? Definitely. Am I starting to know the names of those who are on our patio before services when I go and meet everybody?

Yes. I am around, they are beginning to know me and they are beginning to leave notes on my desk (which I love) and they are asking me to hang out. For the most part, though, I hang out with a few students, but there is no way I can hang out with all of them. …>

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Pastor, Teacher, Missionary, Researcher, Church Planter, Author and Equipper. Dr. Richard Joseph Krejcir lives in Southern California and is married to the beautiful MaryRuth and a precious son Ryan, a miracle from God. He is a child of God who is committed to biblical understanding, prayer, spiritual growth, and integrity. He is the Founder and Director of Into Thy Word Ministries, a missions and discipling ministry, with a call upon his heart to bring discipleship materials to pastors and everyone who needs them here and overseas. He is also a researcher at the Schaeffer Institute and spent over fifteen years on an in-depth, careful and through study on End Times. He is the author of numerous articles, curriculum's and books such as "Into Thy Word," and is also an ordained pastor, teacher, and speaker. He is a graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena California (Master of Divinity) and holds a Ph.D. (Practical Theology) from London. He has amounted over 25 years of teaching and pastoral ministry experience including serving as a church growth consultant.