The trickle down effect.

     I was reading a book by Mark Driscoll today and he said something that kind of makes sense to me. He said that age specific ministry (ie. College ministry) was lame. He basically thinks that its a way for a bunch of people the same age to act immature and never grow up. That sounds harsh, but he goes on to explain what he thinks would do better, and I agree. Adults/Married couples should pour into college students. They should show them things like how to balance life and a job, how to work on a marriage and things that college students will need to know when they graduate instead of it just being like jumping into a pool of icy water. It will help them wade into it a little bit.

     College students on the other hand need to hang out with high school students and show them how to balance school and life, basically help them along the path. Its genius because the college students will grow more mature in their faith, help high school students become more mature in theirs, all while still being poured into by friends/mentors. One college leader would normally have bunches of kids. This way the ratio is way closer to 1 to 1. Good old fashioned discipleship. It's biblical. Age ministry is not. Not that age ministry is the devil or anything. I just like this set up better.

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