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Urban Youth Ministries helps provide a solution to the brokenness faced by at-risk youth through an urban youth mentor who will lead them in a relationship with the Lord and a home church that will surround them with Christian community.
Urban young people will benefit deeply by the relationships with their staff leaders who care and nurture them, sometimes as a surrogate parent. Psychologist Dr. Earl Donelson of Samaritan Counseling Centers states, "While the world around us may spin out of control, children will continue to look to us for guidance in developing their own sense of what is important in life." (The Importance of Values and Morals).
Research has documented that without role models and caring adults in the lives of children, they will be more apt to make negative life choices. In addition, young people who may be tempted to turn to negative entities for emotional support and spiritual confusion - such as gangs or cults - will have a positive place to turn instead.
Due to Urban Youth Ministries, in one month (June 2007 used as example):
- 1,076 students were exposed to the Gospel
- 91 students had one-on-one conversations with staff introducing them to Christ
- 215 students accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior
- 1,898 were involved in a Bible Study and/or discipleship
- 97 students were involved in leadership/ministry training
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Did You Know...
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..that religiously active youth are 26% more likely to experience eight indicators of thriving, such as resisting danger, getting good grades and leadership? (Spiritual Development Center website).
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