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Young Life
Young Life is an international Christian youth organization based Colorado Springs, Colorado. Young Life offers week-long Summer camps with the stated goal of evangelizing to teenagers.
The organization was started in Gainesville, Texas in 1941 by Presbyterian minister Jim Rayburn and is currently led by president and CEO Newt Crenshaw. Young Life operates globally using several different organizations with different focuses. As of 2021, Young Life was under investigation by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for allegedly failing to protect its employees against sexual misconduct and racial discrimination. One alleged victim of sexual abuse reported that she informed more than a dozen people about the harassment she faced, being told at one point that it was "God's plan" for her. Her case was dismissed after she received a settlement from Young Life.
In 1941, Presbyterian seminary student Jim Rayburn started Young Life to evangelize to high school students who showed no interest in Christianity. He began hosting a weekly club which featured one or two skits, as well as a simple message about Jesus.[citation needed]
The Young Life website credits the beginning to Clara Frasher, an elderly woman who around 1933 recruited friends to help her pray for teenagers attending Gainesville High School. In 1939, Rayburn who was a young seminarian, started a chapter of the Miracle Book Club. He also worked with local pastor Clyde Kennedy. In the late 1940s at Wheaton College in Illinois, the organization began using both paid staff and volunteers. Per Young Life's website, they have had partnerships with Fuller Theological Seminary, as well as other seminaries.[citation needed]
Young Life operates using the "5 C's" of contact work, club, campaigners, camp, and committee. In the 2021-2022 year, an average of 294,761 teens attended weekly club and an average of 127,709 attended weekly campaigners, and was led by 46,340 volunteer leaders.
Young Life operates several different ministries with specific focuses:
Young Life maintains summer camps in 18 American states as well as camps in British Columbia, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Scotland, Armenia, and France. Overall, there are 26 camps, with 6 located outside the United States.
In addition to regular summer camps, Young Life operates 6 "adventure" camps which offer campers and their leaders unique outdoor-based experiences. In "Base Camp Adventures", campers stay in yurts or cabins while participating in daily activities whereas "Trail Adventures" allows for campers to participate in backpacking-based camping. Young Life also operates two "discipleship focus" camps, a ten week long work/study program for college students.
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Young Life
Young Life is an international Christian youth organization based Colorado Springs, Colorado. Young Life offers week-long Summer camps with the stated goal of evangelizing to teenagers.
The organization was started in Gainesville, Texas in 1941 by Presbyterian minister Jim Rayburn and is currently led by president and CEO Newt Crenshaw. Young Life operates globally using several different organizations with different focuses. As of 2021, Young Life was under investigation by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for allegedly failing to protect its employees against sexual misconduct and racial discrimination. One alleged victim of sexual abuse reported that she informed more than a dozen people about the harassment she faced, being told at one point that it was "God's plan" for her. Her case was dismissed after she received a settlement from Young Life.
In 1941, Presbyterian seminary student Jim Rayburn started Young Life to evangelize to high school students who showed no interest in Christianity. He began hosting a weekly club which featured one or two skits, as well as a simple message about Jesus.[citation needed]
The Young Life website credits the beginning to Clara Frasher, an elderly woman who around 1933 recruited friends to help her pray for teenagers attending Gainesville High School. In 1939, Rayburn who was a young seminarian, started a chapter of the Miracle Book Club. He also worked with local pastor Clyde Kennedy. In the late 1940s at Wheaton College in Illinois, the organization began using both paid staff and volunteers. Per Young Life's website, they have had partnerships with Fuller Theological Seminary, as well as other seminaries.[citation needed]
Young Life operates using the "5 C's" of contact work, club, campaigners, camp, and committee. In the 2021-2022 year, an average of 294,761 teens attended weekly club and an average of 127,709 attended weekly campaigners, and was led by 46,340 volunteer leaders.
Young Life operates several different ministries with specific focuses:
Young Life maintains summer camps in 18 American states as well as camps in British Columbia, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Scotland, Armenia, and France. Overall, there are 26 camps, with 6 located outside the United States.
In addition to regular summer camps, Young Life operates 6 "adventure" camps which offer campers and their leaders unique outdoor-based experiences. In "Base Camp Adventures", campers stay in yurts or cabins while participating in daily activities whereas "Trail Adventures" allows for campers to participate in backpacking-based camping. Young Life also operates two "discipleship focus" camps, a ten week long work/study program for college students.