“We need to fire the youth pastor.” Those words, spoken to my boss, drew me into what became a negotiation process between church leaders and a young youth minister. It was one of many times I have been involved in the rescue of someone’s employment in a church. Most of these situations have been about things not done, rather than some egregious error or moral failure. As someone who is committed to seeing youth ministers remain in their churches for many years, I work hard to help avoid premature terminations. Simply put: let’s avoid getting fired for things we neglected to do.
Consider implementing the following four strategies to ensure that you are putting your best food forward. These are habits we can develop over time as we grow to become professional youth ministers.
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