Who We Are
Our vision is to provide financial assistance and programs that would change a youth's life.
VALUES:
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Ministry: We are dedicated to helping our youth achieve the values necessary to lead a fruitful life by instilling the Christian values of human worth, honesty and respect plus showing them the love of Jesus Christ.
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Team Work: We are a single team of Board Members, Missionary Staff and volunteers committed to learning from one another. We work together in the development of strategies and plans and we unite behind our ministry's priorities, standards and decisions.
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People: We acknowledge that our God uses people to fulfill His vision that He has given Agape Youth Ministry and that each individual has been called by God to help fulfill that vision with the gifts He has given them.
Integrity:
We are personally and collectively responsible for maintaining the Christian ethics of this ministry. We hold our actions as individuals and as a ministry before the judgment of God.
ProGram
Agape Youth Ministry has developed the following programs under its Youth Leadership Program of "Fellowship Knowledge Go!"
Community Youth Ministries that provide a non-denominational Youth Ministries in a geographical area bringing youth groups together in the area for common events and activities.
Non-denominational Dig Deeper Bible School(DDBS) that can be established with in the Community Youth Ministries programs.
Outside experience through Student Leadership University and Teen Missions
Scholarship Program to assist students in the Youth Leadership Program
AYM also promotes internships and placement for students in a or their churches youth group or a youth ministry.
Completion of its its Youth Leadership Program that has prepared students to go out into the world, Matthew 28:18
History
In 1999 individuals who were police officers and involved in youth prison ministry came together to answer the need of a Christian youth ministry that would impact our youth.Since this beginning, Agape Youth Ministry has done weekend outreaches, week and month long youth camps, service projects and its 12 month Academy for at-risk boys that have involved hundreds of youth and church groups coming to its Agape Youth Ranch and its partnered ranches such the Perdue Ranch.
In 2016 AYM gave Agape Youth Ranch to GAP ministries
for its Foster Care Program
In 2018 AYM started its Scholarship Program
In 2019 AYM partnered with White Mountain Youth INC a non-denominational youth ministry in the White Mountains.
In 2020 AYM developed severeal new programs; Community Youth Ministries, Dig Deeper Bible School and the Youth Leadership Program