The Error of Church "Youth" Programs

I've brought up many times here at Crossroads the problem of age segregation in our churches. Well, I am always happy when someone else brings up my concerns too. Here is an address by Scott T. Brown, an elder in a Baptist church in North Carolina and also director for The National Center for Family-Integrated Churches to the recently-held Sufficiency of Scripture convention. He made statements that make me very happy indeed. Among them were:

"Modern youth ministry is also inherently destructive in its impact. It divides the church by creating generational division and multiple cultures instead of a unified 'body.'"

""This age segregation allows for the real possibility that children and adults can be completely 'socialized' by the greater culture in which they live instead of through parental discipleship and be void of any firm foundational understanding of truth of the world around them."

And listen to this one,

"I hope that we are now at the end of this 50-year failed experiment," he stated. "We now have almost three generations of children who had no father who walked beside them but a youth group instead. It is obvious that half a decade of youth group does not produce young people who are passionate about the church."


Here is the link that describes his message:
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20091212/modern-youth-ministry-unbiblical-ministry-leader-claims/index.