We are not a church. We do not meet on Sundays. We believe that the local church (the body of Christ) and the Gospel is the hope of the world.

Area Youth Ministry is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization — similar to a para-church ministry (like YWAM, Cru HS, Youth for Christ, YoungLife) and we partner with Kingdom-minded churches. At our events and meet-ups, we do NOT endorse or invite students to any particular church.

Our goal is to reach students without a community, to find one in their area—and for the youth who are already part of a church community to be equipped to serve and be a blessing to their own church. This is important to us as we partner with many local churches to reach every youth in our cities.

The harvest is plentiful and the workers are few [Matt 9:37]. This is the reality that we have come to grasp and see in our cities, ministries, in our culture and in recent statistics [The Barna Report]. We partner with many Gospel-advancing churches and organizations to put on events, apologetics conferences, summer camps, etc. to reach students with the Good News of the love of Jesus. It would be a privilege to co-labor with you for the greatest Cause in the Gospel.