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Young Life and Your Church
COME STEAL
OUR KIDS!
Putting Kids First
YOUNG LIFE AND THE CHURCH
HAVE SEVERAL SIMILARITIES:
Both reach out to young people,
accept them and desire for them to
know the Lord.
YOUNG LIFE AND THE CHURCH
ALSO HAVE DIFFERENCES,
and that is why Young Life invites
the church to Come Steal Our Kids!
the chance to share more about Young Life
and possibilities for working with your church.
Feel free to contact us at:
[email protected]
In the meantime, check out:
metrodc.younglife.org
Young Life and
Churches Partnering
Together for Teens
Come Steal What?
W
e in Young Life have heard a
misconception that we “steal
kids away from the church” for our own
programs. Nothing could be further from
our intent. In fact, we were founded for
just the opposite — to introduce unreached
adolescents to Jesus Christ and plug
them into the church so they might grow
in their faith for a lifetime. Our mission
hasn’t changed, and we have a solid track
record of working with most Christian
denominations. We are seeing hundreds
of teens a year meet Christ in this region
and get plugged into the church. Often,
their previously unchurched family follows
them.
How do they choose which church to
attend? Typically, one of their friends in
the group invites them to his or hers. Or,
they may attend with one of their leaders.
Wouldn’t it be great if there were a leader
from your church serving on a Young Life
team?
WHAT IS YOUNG LIFE?
Young Life is a nonprofit outreach organization
meant to reach students who are lost and
offer them everlasting hope in a personal
relationship with Jesus Christ. Young
Life has adopted a culture of acceptance,
encouragement and love, which has spread
around the world in order to introduce more
young people to their heavenly Father through
a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
HOW TO MAKE “COME STEAL OUR KIDS”
WORK FOR YOU!
We invite a youth staff or volunteer leader
from your church to join a local Young Life
team as a natural extension of your church’s
ministry. It could be for a junior-high or highschool ministry. A Young Life area director will
train them in the principles and practices of
effective incarnational ministry. This provides
a seamless path for kids to get plugged into
the church.
WHAT DOES THIS COMMITMENT
INVOLVE?
• 6-10 hours each week
for contact work, club,
Campaigners, team meetings,
and/or area leader training.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS FOR
YOUR CHURCH?
• A trained volunteer in
incarnational evangelism who
can return to the church.
• New kids and their families
being plugged into your
ministry.
• The kingdom of God is expanded
in your church community.