April - Cheltenham Youth for Christ

Youth for Christ (YFC) is a national Christian charity that was founded by Billy Graham in 1946.  Working with over 250,000 young people each month, they draw alongside teens from every background and culture in Britain.  Our 400+ full-time staff and countless local volunteers specialise in working with unchurched youth: communicating and demonstrating the Christian faith.


Cheltenham YFC was founded in 1974 and works to take Good News rele-vantly to every young person in Cheltenham.  This is achieved through a variety of approaches.  A majority of this work is carried out in schools, both primary and secondary, where the Cheltenham YFC team are involved in detached work, after school clubs, lessons, mentoring and group work.  Using the teams wide ranging skills of music, media and sport they are able to work with young people with diverse interests.


Cheltenham YFC also run a prayer evangelism initiative that enables young people to develop the confidence to share their faith with their friends.  This is one aspect of how Cheltenham YFC resource local churches to sup-port young people more effectively.  They also support churches by getting practically involved by working alongside them and supporting and re-sourcing their volunteers.


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.”  YFC strives to both demonstrate and communicate this message of hope, grace and love in a variety of different cultural settings, and always pursu-ing teens in personal relationships.  Your prayers and financial support continue to help change the lives of young people… one at a time.