created youth ministry confuses extroversion faithfulness. effectively — James K.A. Smith, Love: Spiritual Power Habit

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We have created youth ministry that confuses extroversion with faithfulness. We have effectively communicated to young people that sincerely following Jesus is synonymous with being 'fired up' for Jesus, with being excited for Jesus, as if discipleship were synonymous with fostering an exuberant, perky, cheerful, hurray-for-Jesus disposition like what we might find in the glee club or at a pep rally.

James K.A. Smith, You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit

Related Authors: James K.A. Smith | You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit

Related Topics: christianity, church, discipleship, extroversion, introversion, youth-ministry

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