"Conversations with Chuck..."

So, today I was in my Christian Doctrine class, awaiting the arrival of the professor so that we could take our tests. The guy sitting next to me, we'll call him "Chuck", didn't appear to have any notes to study or the desire to do so.
So, I asked Chuck, "Do you have the notes...would you like me to quiz you?"
"No," He replied, "I don't study for tests."
Jokingly I replied, "Oh, I see, you're some type of genius who has everything memorized..."
"Heh, no I just don't need this for my job." He informed me.
"What's your job?" I asked.
"I'm a youth pastor." He replied.
"Oh, and youth pastor's don't need to know basic Christian doctrine?" I remarked, an eyebrow raised.
"No, there's no need. This would go right over my kid's head. There are the "types" I ocassionally get to have a deep conversation with, but for the most part anything deep like this wouldn't matter, besides my pastor doesn't even talk about this stuff."
"Oh, so you're in a seeker-friendly church?" I replied.
He then went on [admittedly] to describe how his church "unfortunately" is seeker-friendly, and that's just the way it is. Even if he wanted to "teach doctrine" it wouldn't work because the church has to be unified, besides his "kids" don't need doctrine or the Bible because they have bigger issues to deal with, like abuse and alcoholism.
"So how do you plan to make a difference then?" Was my question, "How can you make anything different than their lives already are? They need "this stuff" to be able to overcome in the situations that they are in. Besides the fact that they are being constantly surrounded by buddism and universalism and all kinds of other things, if they don't know the [elementary] truth, how are they going to be able to stay away from that stuff?"
"Well, I plan to deal with the "issues" first, then after that is taken care of, maybe teach them some Bible." He replied.
I was starting to wonder if anyone is his youth group was even saved.
I ended with, " Well, the only real thing that is going to change their lives is the power of the gospel."

Interesting how someone can go to a Christian college, be in the ministry, and profess Christ, and not even care about the elementary teachings of the Bible. I'm kinda sick of seeker-friendly churches and people trying to be relevent. The message never changes. The gospel Is the power of God unto salvation, and that's the only thing that will really change people, not being their buddy. I'm pretty convinced that the road to hell is paved with people trying to be your buddy.