What youth Bible teacher doesn’t want their teens to come because their Sunday School class, youth group, or other Bible study group is a place teens WANT to be? You can be an excellent teacher who brings lots of creativity and relevance into the classroom but still miss the mark with today’s youth if they perceive the class to be the following:
1) a place that is cliquish
2) a place that treats them like children
3) a place that feels cultish to them
This article is included as a handout in the Reaching All Age Levels Resource with a brief explanation of each of the above points. The resource also includes similar articles for the other age groups. It provides you with a teacher training group session in which you gather teachers of all age groups for a PowerPoint presentation followed by breakout sessions to personalize it according to age levels.