Youth pastors have a tough job. Teaching the next generation of kids how to be wise and capable adults is no easy task. So why do some youth pastors insist on making their job harder by doing ridiculous things that no one asked the for?
Last week, we were, uh, inspired by one youth pastor who thought handing out “I <3 Hot Youth Pastor Stickers” was a good idea. (Spoiler alert: it is not!) We asked Twitter what’s the craziest thing a youth pastor has ever done, and let’s just say the answers did not disappoint.
Burn secular CD’s.
— John Huff (@john09huff) October 18, 2022
Terrible for the environment, but it does get the message across.
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.
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 Bombadil (@abyssalmirror) October 19, 2022
He was a man on a mission!
"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?
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?
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.
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.
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!
I don't advocate using scripture as punishment but they still remember it 10 years later .
— jmgreenhill (@jmgreenhill) October 18, 2022
Don’t think that how God intended for His Word to be used…
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.
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.
