The ministry will always be, at its core, a matter of preaching the Word of God, of loving people, of ministering to their hurts, and of telling the good news of Jesus Christ and helping people to know Him. It will always be made up of prayer and Bible study and acts of kindness in your community and acts of worship and fellowship inside your buildings.
If you have buildings.
They're not necessary, you know. Pulpits aren't. Stain glass isn't. Baptistries aren't. Not pews or pipe organs or choir robes, not hymnals or Sunday School quarterlies or bricks and mortar. Ask any rural African believer.
Powerpoint isn't essential either. Screens aren't. Or computers either, for that matter.
These are just the present manifestations of creative ideas on how to help us get God's message to more people in more effective ways. Someone will find better ways than these. Perhaps it will be you.
Let us always remember that all the cool technology, tools, and games we have as youth ministers are to be subordinate to the most important parts of our calling: "preaching the Word of God, of loving people, of ministering to their hurts, and of telling the good news of Jesus Christ and helping people to know Him."
