{"id":340,"date":"2026-05-07T03:43:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T03:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shofarmissions.com\/youthnetwork\/blog\/?p=340"},"modified":"2026-05-07T03:43:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T03:43:32","slug":"what-if-jesus-meant-what-he-said-upcoming-youth-leader-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shofarmissions.com\/youthnetwork\/blog\/2026\/05\/07\/what-if-jesus-meant-what-he-said-upcoming-youth-leader-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"What if Jesus Meant What He Said? UPCOMING YOUTH LEADER SUMMIT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The words of Jesus have been changing lives since the moment they were first spoken. Some of what He said was unexpected. Some of it was controversial and even offensive. But every word was true, and every word is still desperately needed today. Jesus didn\u2019t speak to impress crowds or make people comfortable. He spoke to confront, to expose, and to call people to something greater. His words have a way of cutting through our assumptions, challenging priorities, and revealing what\u2019s really going on in the heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How will we respond to Jesus\u2019 words? Will we receive them as truth and allow them to shape the way we think and live? Or will we ignore them like so many others, and continue on unchanged?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are a leader within your youth group, we invite you to spend the day with us discussing some of these difficult things Jesus said. The day will feature Biblical teaching, and discussing it in small groups with the goal of training and equipping you to go back to your church and ministry stronger and more mature in your faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Santa Fe, Bantayan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For youth who are 16-24 years old and leaders within their church<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 youth leaders per church can register<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deadline to register is June 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The words of Jesus have been changing lives since the moment they were first spoken. Some of what He said was unexpected. Some of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-shofar-youth-network"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shofarmissions.com\/youthnetwork\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shofarmissions.com\/youthnetwork\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shofarmissions.com\/youthnetwork\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shofarmissions.com\/youthnetwork\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shofarmissions.com\/youthnetwork\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shofarmissions.com\/youthnetwork\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":342,"href":"https:\/\/www.shofarmissions.com\/youthnetwork\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions\/342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shofarmissions.com\/youthnetwork\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shofarmissions.com\/youthnetwork\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shofarmissions.com\/youthnetwork\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shofarmissions.com\/youthnetwork\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}