“You have to be relevant to be a Youth Minister.” Is a phrase I’ve heard many times when I was training to be a youth minister. Since that time however I’ve learned it’s absolutely false. Christians don’t blend. We don’t hide our light under a bushel. We stick out and are different from the world and that’s what Jesus wants. Today I sit down with Evan Rippee and we discuss the traps of striving for relevancy instead of the gospel life.
