Thirty-five years of service to America's youth leaders is a cause to celebrate! The National Network of Youth Ministries (NNYM) took the opportunity to do that on January 14, 2016, the day the organization reached its 35-year milestone as a ministry uniquely dedicated to helping make local youth leaders across the country more effective in order to reach every student in their communities.
The National Network of Youth Ministries continues to envision a day when every community will become a community for hope; where youth leaders and like-minded people come together with a commitment to share the good news of Jesus Christ with every young person in their area of influence.
The Network's celebration occurred during their annual Ministry Council and staff conference in San Diego. The Ministry Council is a select group of youth leaders from all areas of the nation, and serves as an advisory group which helps the organization maintain the purity of its founding vision. They also give guidance for the implementation of the ministry's objectives and help NNYM staff with greater resources to equip youth leaders to impact upward of 32 million students across the country.
The staff conference allowed the NNYM executive team and regional leadership to encourage and challenge each other, and discuss plans to advance the ministry by establishing new networks and providing support to those youth leaders already involved in the more than 850 local networks across the country.
In addition to celebrating the past 35 years, the NNYM team worked on how to advance the mission in the years to come. Among the topics:
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Developing a more robust website and branding.
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Enhancing national ministry partnerships.
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Engaging with strategic leaders from all streams of youth ministry.
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Creating a toolbox of resources for youth leaders.
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Determining how to add value for the local networks.
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Mobilizing prayer for youth across the country.
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Focusing attention on the organization's fiscal vitality through support-raising priorities.
The mission of the National Network of Youth Ministries is to link youth workers for encouragement, spiritual growth, and sharing resources in order to expose every teenager to the gospel of Jesus Christ, establish those who respond in a local church, and disciple them to help reach the world.
For more information, contact Randy Davis at rdavis@nnym.org or 800-FOR-NNYM (367-6696).
