Why Should the Youth Pastor Care About the Children's Ministry?

I've been posting about the reasons people should care about children's ministry. So far I've written about why the senior pastor and elders should care . . . today I'm sharing some reasons for the Youth Pastor to care about the children's ministry. Again, the reasons I've shared in my previous posts apply to the Youth Pastor, too, but in addition, the youth pastor should care very much about the children's ministry for the following reasons -

• most youth pastors are parents of young children, so as a parent he should care very much about the children's ministry
• the teens he works with in the youth ministry were previously part of the children's ministry - if the children's ministry has not been effective, it greatly affects what he will be able to do in the youth ministry
• if the children's ministry was not effective, the youth pastor will have to have a "salvage ministry" as he tries to pull these teens back in to the church
• if the children's ministry was effective, the youth pastor will be able to help these teens grow in their walk and will be able to involve them in tremendous outreach ministry opportunities

In many churches the youth pastor has to oversee the children's ministry as well, but his main "focus" is the youth ministry. The children's ministry has to matter to the youth pastor as it directly impacts the type of youth ministry he will have.