Parents of Teenagers

The Role of Adults in Youth Ministry

Terry McGonigal (professor of religion at Whitworth College) has this to say about the importance of adults in the faith formation of young people. “The children and youth learn of God’s love for them by observing the daily model of adults and through their own interaction with adults…Kids participate with adults in life together, and in the process they grow in the knowledge and appreciation of God’s love, as well as God’s claim upon thier lives. This lifestyle of love is the primary training vehicle for the assumption of full community responsibility as an adult.”