A Brief History:

SAN ANTONIO YOUTH FOR CHRIST is a Texas non-denominational, non-profit organization and a 45 year-old charter member of Youth for Christ, USA, a non-profit organization that reaches out to 1,240 communities in the United States and over 100 foreign countries. Founded in 1944 by Billy Graham and Torrey Johnson, YFC programs extend to schools, low-income housing areas, and juvenile institutions. The ministry here in San Antonio was birthed from a weekly prayer meeting held in our city by a concerned group of mothers of teenagers. From that beginning, tens of thousands of young people have participated in YFC events and thousands have committed their lives to Christ as we now enter ministry to our fourth generation of students. Although we are charter member of YFC /USA we receive no funds from our national movement. It is through efforts of our local board and generous supporters that we fund our local chapter. Also, our staff is required to raise all their own support; however we do subsidize the salaries of our urban workers as it is a challenge to raise support from the communities they serve. Currently, San Antonio Youth for Christ serves 13 schools in San Antonio.

Our Vision:

As part of the body of Christ, our vision is to see every young person, in every people group, in every nation, have the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become part of a local church.


Our Strategic Focus:

Youth For Christ reaches young people everywhere, working together with the local church and other like minded partners to develop lifelong followers of Jesus, who lead by the godliness in lifestyle, devotion in prayer, passion for sharing the love of Christ and commitment to social involvement.


Our Statement of Faith:

  1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, authoritative Word of God.
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  2. We believe that there is only one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
  3. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. 

  4. We believe that, for the salvation of the lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential. 

  5. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life. 

  6. We believe in the resurrection of the body of the saved and the lost - they that are saved unto the resurrection of life, and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
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  7. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in Christ.