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Youth For Christ (YFC) is a worldwide Christian movement working with young people, whose main purpose is evangelism among teenagers. It began informally in New York City in 1940, when Jack Wyrtzen held evangelical Protestant rallies for teenagers. [1] Rallies were held in other U.S. cities during World War II, attracting particularly large ...
Torrey Johnson. Torrey Maynard Johnson. Torrey Maynard Johnson (March 15, 1909 [1] – May 15, 2002) [2] was a Chicago Baptist who is best remembered as the founder of Youth for Christ in 1944. For a time Johnson had his own local radio program called Songs in the Night, which he later turned over to Billy Graham who was also hired as the first ...
Originally known as "Milwaukee Youth For Christ", and later, "Greater Milwaukee Youth For Christ", it left the national YFC organization in 1973 and became known as the Wisconsin Voice of Christian Youth (WVCY) until 1995, when it changed to its present name.
Dec. 7—'It's harder being a teenager these days than when I was growing up' By Ayanna Eckblad Jonathan Dagner, 73, grew up in Albert Lea, attending all of his schooling in the city through high ...
Couples for Christ. The Couples for Christ ( CFC) is an international Catholic lay ecclesial movement [1] whose goal is to renew and strengthen Christian values. [2] It is one of 123 International Associations of the Faithful. [3] [4] The organization is linked to the Vatican through the Pontifical Council for the Laity, and is led by an ...
US$ 403 million [1] [2] Volunteers (2021-2022) 46,340. Website. www .younglife .org. Young Life is an evangelical Christian organization based in Colorado Springs, Colorado which focuses on young people in middle school, high school, and college. Week-long Summer camps are a major focus, and these have a definite evangelizing aspect. [3]
Billy Graham was the first full-time parachurch worker for Youth for Christ (YfC) in the USA. This movement spread quickly around the world. During the 1950s, parachurch ministries grew rapidly in most Christianized countries, and the focus of activity was on large events, known as rallies, and stadium events, known as Crusades.
1558-7770. OCLC. 62217913. Ignite Your Faith was a print magazine for Christian highschool students. Founded in 1944 as Youth for Christ Magazine, its name was changed to Campus Life in 1965 [1] and to Ignite Your Faith in 2006. [2] Officially closed in 2009, [3] it continues as a website of archived content.