Youth ministry, old style

By Phil Lawler ( bio - articles - email ) | Jun 08, 2006

Mike Aquilina, on his Fathers of the Church blog, has hit a home run with his comments on how the early Church handled "youth ministry."

Young converts were pouring into the Church, he notes.

How did the Fathers do it?
They made wild promises.
They promised young people great things, like persecution, lower social status, public ridicule, severely limited employment opportunities, frequent fasting, a high risk of jail and torture, and maybe, just maybe, an early, violent death at the hands of their pagan rulers.

The whole entry should go in your "must read" pile.