Every Kid Arizona
1130 E Missouri Ave, Suite 404
Phoenix, AZ 85014
yleverykidaz@gmail.com
ABOUT
EVERY KID Arizona IS OUR PLAN TO DEVELOP EXCEPTIONAL MINISTRY IN LOW-INCOME AND MULTIETHNIC neighborhoods.
For sixty years, Young Life Arizona has developed an amazing legacy of introducing adolescents to Jesus Christ and helping them grow in their faith. Our ministry has grown from a small group of pioneering visionaries in Phoenix to where we are today. Young Life Arizona desires to grow deeper in our current ministries and to grow wider by adding new ministries.
THe Neighborhoods Model
Part of this plan is the Neighborhoods model which will grow ministry in poor communities, as well as recruit and train staff in those communities. Neighborhood ministries in under-resourced neighborhoods include Young Life (high school), WyldLife (junior high), YoungLives (teenage mothers), Capernaum (adolescents with disabilities), and Impacting Hearts (adolescents in foster care).
Raising Up and sustaining indigenous leaders
Neighborhood Directors' sole focus will be reaching kids in poor and hurting communities through relationships. They will raise up volunteer leaders, who are Young Life’s best plan for reaching every kid for Christ. Neighborhood Directors are well known and respected in their communities and possess high character, cultural intelligence, and leadership skills. They spend a significant amount of time on school campuses, in direct ministry, and with leaders. Their focus is on 1-3 high schools and 1-2 junior highs.
1941
Young Life begins in the USA
In a town in Texas, at the request of his pastor, a young associate pastor named Jim Raybrun began showing young people how much God cares about them by showing up in their world and sharing the message of God's love through Jesus in ways and words they could understand and relate to.
100+
Countries with Young Life staff and leaders
Today, Young Life is a global organization with local focus. You'll find Young Life leaders from diverse cultures, nationalities and backgrounds in over 100 countries around the world.
Two million
young people reached by Young Life staff and leaders
Whether it's in cities or villages, towns or tower blocks, in countries on every continent, Young Life leaders are working with over two million young people, right in their own neighborhoods.
348,000
KIDS INVOLVED WEEKLY
Since 1941, Young Life leaders have walked with kids and earned the right to be heard in an exhausting and exciting world. In 2018, 348,000 kids were involved every week all around the world.
