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ThereforeGo Ministries (formerly known as Youth Unlimited, [2] the American Federation of Reformed Young Men's Societies, [3] [4] the Young Calvinist League, and then the Young Calvinist Federation) [5] is a Christian youth ministry for short-term mission trips in the United States and Canada that was formed in September 1919. [4]
Teen Missions International (TMI) is an interdenominational Christian mission organization specializing in running short-term mission trips for youth, teenager, and adult participation. The organization was started in 1970 in Ohio and later moved its headquarters to Florida .
Youth With A Mission is a global mission with international partnerships. Former chairman Lynn Green recently reported that YWAM representatives sometimes sit "on boards of other commissions" and organizations. [9] YWAM also works closely with various missions and churches, as well as independent missionaries across the globe.
National Network of Youth Ministries – Teen Mania is a member of the Cooperating Ministries of the National Network of Youth Ministries. [40] Other prominent members of this network include Assemblies of God , Campus Crusade for Christ , Church of the Nazarene , Fellowship of Christian Athletes , Focus on the Family , The Salvation Army ...
The United States Youth Government is a youth advocacy organization representing U.S. citizens and residents aged 0–29, with a structure based on the Constitution of the United States. Its members, who must be younger than 29, are elected by the public aged 0–29 to represent individual U.S. states and territories in the organization's ...
Short-term missions started in the 1960s. A few organizations, like YWAM (Youth with a Mission) and OM (Operation Mobilisation) created trips lasting from a month to a year. [1] Short term missions was known as a way for young people to grow their faith and self, while also aiding those in need. Many individual churches joined in on the movement.
The YMCA Youth and Government program was established in 1936 in New York by Clement A. Duran, then the Boys Work Secretary for the Albany YMCA. [5] The program motto, “Democracy must be learned by each generation,” was taken from a quote by Earle T. Hawkins, the founder of the Maryland Youth and Government program.
Youth ministry, also commonly referred to as youth group, is an age-specific religious ministry of faith groups or other religious organizations, usually from ages 12 to 30, whose mission is to involve and engage with young people who attend their places of worship, or who live in their community.