The Activity Center at Youthfront Camp West is demolished and rebuilt. Youthfront hosts a “Kansas City Youth for Christ” reunion celebrating 70 years of ministry. Churches and ministry groups across the US begin to catch the vision for providing impoverished people Something to Eat. More than 750,000 meals have now been packaged and sent to Haiti. Meals are packaged and sent to impoverished people in Central Africa as Youthfront begins to lead young people in exploring their own spiritual hunger.įeed the Hunger is renamed Something to Eat and continues to grow nationally. Sonlife Ministries merges with Youthfront.įeed the Hunger (now called Something to Eat) is born out of a desire to follow Jesus’s example of feeding the hungry and caring for the poor. Church youth groups from Kansas City will each serve one to two weeks and then pass the baton of service to the next group arriving. While there they will build homes and serve the poor. Youthfront staff will be sent to Monterrey, Mexico and Harmons, Jamaica to facilitate ten weeks of mission work for youth groups from Kansas City. Over 1,300 young people serve in the first annual Youthfront Serve Day. Impact recording record numbers of students in attendance and a record breaking number of students register for Camp, more than 4,500! Over 200 churches participating in Youthfront Alliance, and over 100 schools have a Club121. KCYFC begins the transition to a new name, Youthfront, and moves from being a parachurch ministry to a church assisting ministry. Students are being encouraged and motivated to create positive peer pressure on their schools’ campuses. Through these networks Equal Access Clubs are initiated by students on school campuses. Youthfront organizes church youth worker networks (Youthfront Alliance) throughout Kansas City. The Snack Shop and cabins at L-Bar-C get a face-lift. All 15 cabins are demolished and rebuilt in the “Revive-Restore-Renew” campaign. Lucia, Jamaica, Hungary, and Cuba.Ĭonstruction begins at Circle-C. Conferences have been held in Hong Kong, Romania, St. Over 1,000 youth workers, from 23 countries have been trained in effective youth ministry methods. Youthfront began the Youthfront International Training Conferences (YFIT). Youthfront sponsored “See You At The Party” in KC’s Bartle Hall, hosting 12,000 students.Ģ0,000 Bibles in the Russian language and other biblical literature were handed out in Moscow by Youthfront Missions team members.īread (Bibles) was taken into Communist China by “Donkeys” (teenagers on Youthfront Missions Team). Also, in Jamaica many homes have been built by students. Since this beginning, well over 250,000 people have been ministered to in Brazil, Honduras, Romania, Hungary, Israel, Ireland, Poland, Hong Kong, China, Jamaica, and Russia. (The LIGHT House was given “birth” to become its own organization in 1990).įirst Youthfront Student Missions trip.

LIGHT House is dedicated, a home for women with unwanted pregnancies. L-Bar-C Camp opened for its first season (L-Bar-C now called Youthfront LaCygne).

TV-50 went on the air (TV-50 was sold in 1997 so that Youthfront could focus on youth ministry). Super Rally in Kaufman Stadium (“The K”).

Al and Vidy held the first Saturday event.ġ,600 seat Auditorium on Rainbow Boulevard was dedicated.Ĭircle-C Camp opened for its first season (Circle-C now called Youthfront Camp West). KCYFC, Kansas City Youth for Christ, (now called Youthfront) founders, Dr.

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