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The name "Youth for Christ International" was adopted in 1946. By then, Youth for Christ International had approximately 300 units in the United States and over 200 overseas. The average attendance at rallies in 1946 was 350. The largest attendance at that time was 70,000 at Soldier's Field in Chicago. [1]
The ministry is run by a team formerly headed by the late Vic Eliason, a former Youth for Christ worker, ordained Christian minister and a recipient of an honorary doctorate from Bob Jones University, in 2001. [11] Jim Schneider is the current Executive Director. [12]
Catholic youth organizations based in the United States (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Christian youth organizations based in the United States" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
World Vision was founded in 1950 by Dr. Robert Pierce ("Bob"), a young American evangelist minister whom the Youth for Christ missionary movement had first sent to China and South Korea in 1947. Pierce served for almost two decades at the helm of World Vision, but retired in 1967 from the organization.
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 ...
In January 2020, Matt Dungan became the youth ministry director of Teens for Christ. [8] While Buck Sutton remained involved in leadership with Teens for Christ, he started a new church in Lima, Ohio called Living Hope. In 2020, their average attendance was 100 congregants and online viewership of the church livestreams were over 1,800 views a ...
Jay Kesler (born September 15, 1935) is the former president, Chancellor and current President Emeritus of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. [1] [2] Kesler graduated in 1958 from Taylor University and is notable for his writings and radio work. [3]
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 full-time evangelist employed by Youth for Christ International.