Youth Ministry

1 Timothy 4: 11-14

Command and teach these things. Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.  Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching. Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through a prophetic message when the body of elders laid their hands on you.


     At Greater New Friendship Baptist Church, you will find a youth ministry biblically based. Our philosophy for our youth is taken from I Timothy 4:11-16. Their desire is not to entertain, but be as equip soldiers of the cross that will carry the torch for the next generation. Below you will find the purpose for which our youth ministry exist.
 

     The Apostle Paul writing to young Timothy, exhorts him in five areas that ought to be evident in his youth. If they were important enough for Timothy, surely we can benefit from them as well. Here are the goals for each of our youth.

I. Example - vs. 12

II. Exhort - vs. 13

III. Exercise his gifts - vs. 14

IV. Encourage others - vs. 15

V. Evangelize the lost - vs. 16