Leading a youth ministry is no easy job. Teaching the next generation of kids how to be wise and capable adults is no easy task. So why do some youth leaders insist on making their job harder by doing ridiculous things that no one asked for?
While we can all think of some ridiculous things our own youth pastors did over the years, we combed the Internet to find some of the wildest, most cringe stories. You’re welcome/we’re sorry in advance of what you’re about to read:
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Dress up as Marty McFly (wig included) for a special "Illustrated Sermon" based on Back to the Future. We even had a Delorean in the parking lot which was actually pretty cool!
— Jeremy Macias (@jermacias) October 18, 2022
Can’t think of a single Bible story that requires a Delorean for a prop.
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You just have to cancel the whole trip at that point.
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On a mission trip to Mexico we were in a mall when Bon Jovis 'Living on a Prayer' came on. He jumped up on a table in the food court and started singing along at the top of his lungs until one of the other adults yelled at him to quit.
— 🎶Tim is top of the table 🎶 (@abyssalmirror) October 19, 2022
He was a man on a mission!
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"Kidnapped" a replica of the Energizer Bunny from his (paying) job, and used a couple of us youth to help create a ransome video as an ongoing prank on his coworker. (We actually 'murdered' the fake bunny!)
It was awesome!— Jewel Weissmann (@Jeweliebird) October 19, 2022
M-murder?
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Death by Tootsie Roll during a youth group game seems like a horrible way to go.
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Take kids across the country in a van for two weeks and wouldn’t tell anyone even the parents where they were going
— Ike Gordon 🎥📸 (@thecinco_5) October 18, 2022
Youth pastors, let’s maybe not commit federal crimes? Can we make that a new goal?
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We are once again asking youth groups to stop making food challenges.
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2/2 He never did get the girls to come back with us. That's about as exciting as rural Vermont gets. Also, he genuinely believed that Paul McCartney was dead & replaced by a lookalike, and that Christian rock was satanic.
— John B. (@hopchic) October 18, 2022
Hate to say it but your youth pastor sounds pretty hardcore.
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Well, at least their hearts were in the right place…
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Pretended to shoot a girl (he didn’t know) with a BB gun at summer camp, then actually did, then they had to call my dad (the pastor) to tell him they were sending him home.
He also painted the floor of the gym and painted himself into a corner. 👍🏻
— Becky Bergh (@LuckyUglyDucky) October 19, 2022
Seems like this youth pastor isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed.
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One night during s’mores and a campfire, one of the youth pastors told the kids the story of “old man Lochridge.” The next night, he dressed up as a monster (AKA old man Lochridge) and emerged from the lake into our group after a holy God-time outside, and chased us around.
— Andrew Eiler (@Andrew_Eiler) October 19, 2022
He’s committed to the bit, we’ll give him that!
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We need to speak to this youth pastor immediately to understand exactly what the vision was here.
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I don't advocate using scripture as punishment but they still remember it 10 years later .
— Stuck in the middle (@jmgreenhill) October 18, 2022
Don’t think that how God intended for His Word to be used…
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I was in college helping at a 5th-6th grade week of church camp in KY. The youth pastor threw a fake rapture & told us volunteers to play along. At 12a, power turned off, we corralled kids outside, & a cosplay Gabriel read off the names of the campers who were “already saved.”😬
— Sam Waldron (@SamWaldron22) October 18, 2022
Hope every person involved in this story is in deep, deep therapy.
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We did a youth event that was zombie themed! We choreographed the Thriller dance during a dinner. Some parents took their kids and left. We grew up in Church of Christ. Dancing in church was definitely not allowed 🤷🏼♂️
— Casey McMillon (@MrMcCasey15) October 19, 2022
Bold move bringing Michael Jackson moves into a Church of Christ.
