Uvalde Young Life

YOUNG LIFE

Helping local kids find true life

  1. We enter​ the world of kids and walk alongside them in an exciting and exhausting world.
  2. We share the hope of who kids can become and how life was designed to be.
  3. We want kids to experience true hope and life to the full.

Does it matter?

4 out of 5

Young Life participants consider Young Life and it's leaders to be a significant influence on their faith.

94%

of volunteer leaders and staff with Young Life​ would overwhelmingly recommend their leadership experience to a friend.

Who We Are

at a Glance

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.

IT MATTERS

"We're doing this for the kids now and the ones 20 years from now ..."