Can youth ministry grow through online media?
Depends on how you measure growth?
1. More young people getting confirmed? Probably not, online confirmation programs only work well in conjunction with traditional settings.
2. More young people saying their Christian? Probably not, the word just aint cool.
3. More young people coming to church? Probably not, will need to focus more on churches welcoming them, than online media lying to them about how welcoming our churches actually are.
4. More important connections with young people? Probably yes BUT not through developing a new media youth ministry. It will be the rest of the church learning how to be the church in the new media environment, not your young people or your youth ministers. A new media course at Ridley or UFT may work better, coupled with teaching our clergy how to respond to issues of spiritual abuse.

I probably haven’t answered the question here. Does anyone have anything to add or change?