The Young and Saved Youth Empowerment Initiative
The Young and Saved Youth Empowerment Initiative 2025 is a Christ-centered program by RCCG IGA designed to spiritually, emotionally, and socially empower youth. The initiative includes weekly worship services, a summer Youth Week and Camp, youth-led worship, mentorship, and volunteer outreach.
Focusing on challenges such as low self-esteem, spiritual disconnect, peer pressure, and digital distractions, the program provides a supportive environment for growth in Christ. It emphasizes leadership development, community service, and spiritual formation, preparing youth to become bold, faith-driven leaders in their communities.
Lara is a youth minister with over 10 years of experience working with teens and young adults. She is passionate about connecting with youth and young adults and helping them grow in their faith through engaging programs, retreats, and community service. Lara’s heart is to create a space where young people feel supported, heard, and encouraged to discover their purpose.
These grants aim to help participating churches and organizations to explore innovative practices that form youth for lives of faith, service, and leadership; deepen theological engagement in youth ministry, particularly within diverse, urban realities; and strengthen their organizational capacity to sustain and expand youth-focused ministries that make a lasting difference.
