YFC INTERNATIONAL

Following World War II, some Protestant evangelists began ministering to the youth of America and especially the younger members of the U.S. Armed Forces . These formerly unaffiliated activities became collectively known as "Youth for Christ" campaigns and were inspired by the work of Jack Wyrtzen in New York during 1940. Wyrtzen was a young ex-insurance salesman who had also played the trombone in a cavalry band. The Youth for Christ campaign idea spread to Washington, D.C., Detroit, Indianapolis and St. Louis . In 1944 Torrey Johnson, a Baptist minister and pastor of Chicago's Midwest Bible Church staged "Chicagoland for Christ" and became the most successful advocate of this type of campaign. Youth For Christ was launched on 27 May 1944.

For more than 75 years, Youth for Christ has been communicating the life-changing message of Jesus Christ to young people. Youth for Christ was born in the mid-1940s via dozens of leaders in different places with a concern to reach young people. This led to young evangelists conducting mass rallies in more than a dozen cities under the name of Youth for Christ. With the rapid expansion of the movement there became a need for leadership and organisation and in 1944 Chicago pastor Torrey Johnson was elected Youth for Christ’s first president, with Billy Graham as its first full-time worker.

A worldwide dynamic Evangelistic Youth Christian movement YFC was founded in mid 1940s in Chicago, USA to bring young people together coming from Second World War to help them recover from the aftermaths with a message of hope and peace. It is a worldwide dynamic Evangelistic Christian movement working with young people around the globe. Motivated by our faith in Jesus Christ we share the good news of God with young people.

Youth for Christ is made up of tens of thousands of full-time, part-time and volunteer indigenous staff in over 140 nations working together in giving every young person an opportunity to be a follower of Jesus Christ. Youth for Christ uniquely reaches young people in ways that are relevant to them in the context of their culture and life circumstances.