“Youth ministry exists to somehow get these church kids, these adolescent versions of scribes and Pharisees to be true disciples. That is its purpose. It has no other.”

“Youth ministry exists to somehow get these unchurched kids, these adolescent versions of sinners and tax collectors to be true disciples. That is also its purpose. It has no other.”

— Steve Patty in Impact: Student Ministry That Will Transform a Generation (pg. x)