Our Mission

YFC reaches young people everywhere, working together with the local church and other likeminded partners to raise up lifelong followers of Jesus who lead by their godliness in lifestyle, devotion to the Word of God and prayer, passion for sharing the love of Christ and commitment to social involvement.

Our Story

Since 1944, Youth for Christ has had a distinctive history of youth evangelism. In the early 1940s, during World War II, many young men, mostly ministers and evangelists, were holding large rallies in Canada, England and the United States. As the hunger for God’s Word grew it became evident that there needed to be someone to coordinate this movement, providing leadership, strategy, and coordinating speakers, musicians and locations. Beginning in dozens of cities at the end of World War II, YFC quickly organized into a national movement. Billy Graham became YFC’s first full-time staff member.

Today our Campus Life ministries to senior and junior high youth is the focus of YFC ministry. Additionally, our Youth Guidance ministry reaches at-risk and institutionalized young people. Our Teen Parents ministry seeks to mentor and equip young mothers with parenting skills as well as the love of Jesus Christ. City Life Urban Ministries reaches young people in our major urban communities, partnering with the church and other organizations.

Youth for Christ Ministries are tailored to reach youth in urban, suburban, and rural settings

YFC/USA is a chartered program of Youth for Christ International. Over 40,00 paid staff members and volunteers serve in over 100 countries around the world. As a part of the YFC/USA commitment to serve the world, we offer Project Serve which provides overseas short-term mission opportunities.

Throughout YFC’s history there has been an unwavering commitment to youth evangelism and biblical Christianity. One of YFC’s slogans over the past fifty years has been “Anchored to the Rock, Geared to the Times”-the message of the gospel will never change and YFC is flexible to creatively communicate this message of hope, grace and love in the context of different cultural settings..