What principles do we need to teach youth pastors so they learn not to exceed limits as was done here? I\u2019d love to hear from some youth pastors what they have learned.<\/strong><\/p>\nMIDDLETOWN, Pa. \u2014 The men burst into the church classroom and ordered the 15 teens in the youth group to the floor.<\/p>\n
They covered the teens\u2019 heads with pillowcases and bound their hands. One man waved an unloaded gun, and another yelled, his face daubed with camouflage paint.<\/p>\n
The kids gathered at the Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church and had planned to partake in youth ministry activities at 7 p.m. Wednesday (March 21).<\/p>\n
Instead, they found themselves face down, hugging the linoleum floor, said the Rev. John Lanza, who described what happened. If they listened, they wouldn\u2019t get hurt, their assailants said.<\/p>\n
It sounds terrifying, but there\u2019s a catch: The raid was fake, staged to show the teens the perils faced by Christian missionaries in the world\u2019s trouble spots, Lanza said.<\/p>\n
Yet it traumatized one 14-year-old girl so badly that her mother filed a report with the police, claiming her daughter suffered a busted lip and bruised knees.<\/p>\n
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