The desire to be accepted is prevalent among young people today. In a world currently suffering from a famine of love meant for today's youth, we see more and more students who long to be accepted, but don't feel accepted by anyone. Because of this we see them decide to reach out, and as they do so, they become accepted into a group that isn't a good influence on them or is simply wasting their time. Here we will look at what exactly the Bible tells us about the issue of acceptance and how it would appear in the average youth ministry today. Then we will look at how we will follow up with students after their first visit and finally what using the idea of ​​acceptance to its full potential will do for a ministry. More than anything, teenagers feel the desire to belong to a group, this can be with friends or even with clubs. This is why we see things like sports teams, book studies, and pep rallies. While students may derive joy or enjoyment from these things, the real reason they do so is to belong to a group of people who care about each other. In fact, the main reason why people engage in group activities is their desire to belong to a group where they feel accepted. Even people like athletes and cheerleaders feel this desire and in youth ministry the only thing we can do with this is learn from it and use it to our advantage. In the society we live in today, however, youth groups are often at the bottom of the list as attractive places to belong. It is becoming almost politically incorrect to invite a friend to a youth group and can sometimes be considered offensive to do so. But while it may be easy to join these other groups, a healthy, strong youth ministry can equip students… halfway… foundational ideas and theologies that are absolutely the cornerstone of having a healthy ministry. Ideas like community, grace, love, and forgiveness might each have their own individually written article, but acceptance is absolutely essential to any ministry. Accepting someone into your family, just like the father in the story of the prodigal son, means sharing all of these values ​​listed above. By accepting them we show them the grace, love, forgiveness, and belonging that each of them so desperately desires. If we, as youth pastors, can embrace acceptance and also use it genuinely and not as a recruiting technique, then our ministry will surely grow both in numbers and in depth in the knowledge of God's word. Doing exactly what God does for us, we can show His love, His grace, and His mercy simply by accepting others into our family.