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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 ...
The Church of God in Christ ( COGIC) is an international Holiness – Pentecostal Christian denomination, [ 2][ 4] and a large Pentecostal denomination in the United States. [ 5] Although an international and multi-ethnic religious organization, it has a predominantly African-American membership based within the United States.
The Community of Sant'Egidio ( Italian: Comunità di Sant'Egidio) is a lay Catholic association dedicated to social service, founded in 1968 under the leadership of Andrea Riccardi. The group grew and in 1973 was given a home at the former Carmelite monastery and church of Sant'Egidio in Rome, Italy. In 1986, it received recognition from the ...
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 ...
Choose the right. " Choose the right " is a saying or motto among members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) that is taught to children and used by members of the church as a reminder to make choices that will help an individual to live righteously. The phrase is taken from an LDS hymn "Choose the Right" by Joseph L ...
In 1985, the International Year of Youth, a number of youth groups came together under a single name, Jesus Youth. Gradually, it spread to different parts of India and to a number of other countries. [1] On 20 May 2016, it was granted recognition by the Vatican as an international private association of the faithful with juridical personality.
Generation of Youth for Christ, formerly the General Youth Conference - not to be mistaken for Adventist Young Professionals (AYP), is an annual conference and expression of Adventist theology and 28 Fundamental Beliefs, which organizes and coordinates Bible studies, online sermons, regional youth conferences, mission trips, global networking opportunities for young people, week of prayers and ...