Can we start a youth group without youth pastors?

Question

I come from a very large family, and most churches around here have asked us not to come back to their church because of different reasons ( some of my sibs are adopted, it's "unGodly" to have this many kids, we raise our hands and dance when we worship), so lately we've just had church with our family. My dad shares a devotional and we all pray and my brother and i lead worship. we have a latge basement and there are 6 teenagers and 3 preteens in my family and we gather downstairs with our friends sometimes and have prayer services and praise and worship. we asked our parents if we could start a youth group in our basement and invite kids from our neighborhood and school to come. they are OK with the idea. we'd prolly just pray, have praise and worship, and then take turns sharing devotionals. can we have a youth group without youth pastors?

Answer 1

If you can have church with our a pastor, why can't you have a youth group without a youth pastor?

You might want to ask an adult you know and trust to oversee everything and do what a youth pastor would do?

Answer 2

Being on the net, the whole world and beyond is at our finger tips!Yahoo does help to achieve this!If you have yahoo's messenger and get some friends on your friends list{or groups messenger is more live} Y-all can pull a conference with all your friends & talk about what ever you want.The set up certian times for all to gather.Something that is really fun to do is get some people in a confernce or a room adn take turns singing one or two lines of a song! hahahaha usually everyone will have a good laugh! If laughter don't fill your soul then nothing will{wink} The best of luck to ya.

Answer 3

Yes, you sure can. If a church turns you away because you all are a large family, then you don't need them anyway.

The Bible says where there are 2 or more people gathered together in My name I am there in the midst. So GO for it!!

Also, if your basement gets too full, you might want to consider starting your own church.

May God continue to bless you and your family :)

Answer 4

For sure. Just keep God's Word as the central focus. We attended a "home church" (like homeschooling) for many years. A lot of people are moving toward that when conventional churches either fail to preach the Word or don't fill the needs of a family.

Do have someone with the gift of teaching and administration (probably an adult) checking in on what ya'll are doing.

Keep your eyes on Jesus the author and perfecter of your faith.

Answer 5

Actually there are two movements that would be great for you, one is Lifeteen, for Catholic youth in which we promote the freedom to express your faith in any way known to man, in music, which is contemporary, Lifeteen Mass and in activities that are based on praise and worship. And yes I did say it is Catholic.
There is a protestant youth movement called Young Life, similar to Lifeteen and actually the basis for the Lifeteen movement. It is also very similar.
The reason for something more formal is that at times we need to be held accountable, also it gives us a view of others who feel the same as we do, promoting unity and love for those other than our immediate family.
So youth pastors are a need, you can definately have family devotionals, that is awesome, God bless you and your family for that, but ministry goes much deeper than that, and guidance and the humility to let oneself be guided also helps out a lot.
God bless you always, thanks for the opportunity to spread the Gospel of life.

PS. I am a Life Teen Youth Minister

Answer 6

Yes !
Youth group is one of the best things I ever did for myself when I was a teen. I was not religious but spiritual in my own way. My friends and I were too young to go to bars, and too old to just stay at home all the time . We had parents check up on us once a week to make sure we were not getting into trouble. We went to different churches one a month just for different experiences. We had our group 2 nights a week, went to movies, out to dinner and had our own fundraisers to
make money for trips and vacations . Good luck, be safe and have a fantastic time !

Answer 7

You are lucky to live in America where you are free to practice religion in any form you want. You are probably better off outside of a church that condemns you for having adopted children. People who behave like that are an abomination to the human race.

You must be careful to make sure you don't get too isolated though, you can still be a productive part of society, not every person is as mean as the Christians you have been exposed to.

Answer 8

first of all, any church that kicks you out for the way you worship is ungodly! i cannot believe that! second, go ahead, have your own youth group, as long as you're teaching all the right things.

Answer 9

Yes, and you never know: you might become a youth pastor in the future.

Answer 10

"Whenever two or more gather in my name, there I am with you". You have your youth group, help spread the word. As long as the teachings and discussion is Biblical, more power to you.