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In 1941, the children's program at the North Side Gospel Center in Chicago laid the foundation for the principles of Awana. [1] Lance Latham, North Side's senior pastor, collaborated with the church's youth director, Art Rorheim, to develop weekly clubs that they believed would appeal to all children.
Awana was founded in 1950 in Illinois. Originally, the organization would not affiliate a club with a church that belonged to the National Council of Churches, World Council of Churches, Pentecostal church or charismatic church. [16] In 1995, AWANA lifted the restrictions. [16]
He founded the Awana Youth Association which quickly expanded to tens of thousands of clubs on every continent. Through Latham's leadership, hundreds of thousands of boys and girls in thousands of churches have engaged in Bible memory, activities, and evangelism. Latham also founded Camp Awana, a pioneer in Christian
Young people and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (5 C, 32 P) YWCA (2 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Christian youth organizations" ... Awana; B. Beloved ...
In April 1994, a two-day conference held by Awana Clubs International in Streamwood, Illinois hosted children's ministry leaders from 54 organizations, focusing on ways to evangelize children between the ages of 4 and 14. The conference was sponsored by Christianity Today International, along with six other groups co-sponsoring the event.
Rainbows is the club for 3 and 4 year olds. Boys and Girls may be part of the Rainbows club. When a boy starts Kindergarten he will move into the Royal Rangers program. The Rainbow colors are Green and White. The club motto is "Rainbows are helpers." Mpact Girls Clubs Daisies is the club for Kindergarten girls. It is a one-year program.
The Pathfinder Club, or simply Pathfinders, is a department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA), which works specifically with the cultural, social and religious education of children and teens. Children 10 years and older are eligible to become members of the club.
Trail Life USA and American Heritage Girls are parallels of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts which have a Christian emphasis and are found in Roman Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and other trinitarian Protestant denominations and churches. SpiralScouts International is neo-pagan organisation. Some of these organisations refer to their ...