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Lets face it, how many of us can do that already? The 1996 South African census21 shows that 34% of South African are under the age of 15. These challenges are not one which always exists without a solution. Required fields are marked *. Why do we do it then? In my mind, there is no doubt, the greatest challenge to youth ministers today is time! What are the challenges facing the youth today? Why, one may ask? The youth constantly looks up to the Church for directions, support and encouragement while the Church needs the Youth for continuity and effective movement. Wrong and sinful elements of culture become transformed and replaced with a vertical relationship with God and a horizontal relationship with people: Love God, bear fruit in keeping with repentance, love your neighbour, forget the rest! should be the exhortation to young people converted out of a specific sub-culture. Culture is after all only culture we must recognise this fact if we are to incarnate Christ. Public enlightenment and education: The solution to drug abuse is really in the hands of the people. The church in South Africa needs to envision a youth ministry culture in which qualified men and women in significant numbers make a career out of youth ministry, either in the context of the local church or through para-church agencies (specialist service agencies). Churches simply have to work towards allocating 50% of their income to youth ministry, including youth ministry programmes outside of their local church, possibly through specialist service agencies who may have greater skills in penetrating unchurched youth in various sub cultures. If the churchs role is to spread the Gospel, using limited resources, then it makes the most sense to maximize those resources by using them where they are most likely to be effective: that is, in youth ministry, or on things that affect young people. Church was never meant to be a showcase for saints - rather it is a hospital for hopeless sinners. Students are incredibly "busy" and unfortunately, many of them seem to get busy long before gaining any kind of understanding, let alone mastery, of basic time management skills. Many young people who become Christians who are part of the Alternative11 youth culture still continue to wear black clothes, look anorexic and have more body piercings than we are comfortable with. D. Johncon, R. Johnson & E. Holubec. Oh, there is another thing: I still have a Bible, which sheds divine light on the matters of life for young and old alike.