While almost everyone involved in youth ministry agrees that there is a crisis, not everyone agrees on the diagnosis or its severity. A Weed in the Church suggests that this well-known crisis has a specific cause that will surprise many. Brown suggests that the Scriptures define and heartily promote youth ministry. However, the premises of modern youth ministry contradict biblical teaching and must be reformed. A Weed in the Church relates the history, nature, effect, and root of the problem with systematic age-segregated youth ministry, and presents hopeful solutions built on the reliable foundation of Scripture.
