“Switching Departments”

Friday, September 30, 2016

I felt the call to ministry about two years ago, and I thought that God was calling me into youth ministry.  Then I started learning about all sorts of other places God could use me, and I began thinking about where specifically in ministry He may be calling me.  I still really want to be a youth minister, but I'm not 100% certain that’s where God wants me.  So how can I know what specific facet of His ministry He wants me to be in?

Sincerely,
Job Searching

Dear Job Searching,

God calls us to work through His gospel, the Bible (2 Thess 2:14).  The Bible never says anything about "youth" ministers.  'Youth minister' is a man-made title created by man-made religions.  The Bible gives the list of all the roles within the church in Eph 4:11-12.  Since the apostles and prophets have long since ceased (see "The Lost Art of Prophecy" for more details), the only roles in the church are evangelists, pastors (also known as elders and overseers - 1 Tim 3:1), deacons (Php 1:1), and teachers.  Any faithful church should only have people filling those offices.  Churches that employ secretaries, outreach ministers, benevolence ministers, archbishops, cardinals, reverends, fathers, etc. are not following the Bible pattern.  God gave us the Bible word-for-word (1 Cor 2:13), and therefore, we should follow that pattern in using Bible words to describe Bible things.  Departing from that pattern is a step in the direction of apostasy and a warping of the Scriptures.

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