“I want to take God seriously and have a relationship with Him.”

– A Non-Christian year 9 boy after asking a teacher ‘What happens when we die?”

“I never knew it was that easy, I thought it was about doing loads of good stuff to get into heaven.”

– 14 year old in a school after reading John 3 and discussing salvation.

“This is the only thing I’ve enjoyed reading!”

– A school student after being gifted a free Bible for the first time in their life.

“I want to do that now!”

– A year 9 student in school after being taught that putting their faith in Jesus would start the most important relationship in their life and bring salvation. We were able to pray together and lead that student to Jesus. We continue to mentor them and see them in school weekly to discuss the Bible.

Testimonial From Grace Academy: Coventry YFC has completely changed the dynamic of youth work in our Ethos team. They have very quickly built relationships with students. The work has helped to build up aspirations in our kids that may not have been ingrained in them at home. They get so excited to see Joe every week as he has built a strong and loving relationship with them where they can feel relaxed and be themselves.

Testimonial From Westwood Academy: At the Westwood Academy we have found Youth for Christ to be incredibly engaging with our students. They were happy to be interviewed on their Christian beliefs by our GCSE Religious Studies cohort and gave descriptions of their own personal experiences of events such as baptism. It is so important that our students speak to ‘real life’ religious believers rather than reading from a textbook. We were also lucky enough to have Joe run a lunch club for some of our students who enjoyed coming together to have a chat and play some board games. This was much appreciated by the students who feel they have a safe and calming space to end their week.

Feedback from an RE lesson:

“I learnt that when we have a problem we can pray for confidence”

“I enjoyed this session since it helped you believe in God”

“I leant different ways to overcome problems” 

“It has made me know that God and Jesus Christ are always with me and also not to be scared!”

“Forgiveness should be given because people can change”