Mission: Serving God by supporting our churches as they encourage today's youth in following Jesus.

Vision: Our vision is to strengthen youth ministry in healthy local churches as they pursue their mandate to develop young people who are:

• Clear in their identity as a child of God
• Connected in community
• Cultivating intimacy with Jesus
• Christ-like in their character
• Contagious and active in their faith

Values:

• God Glorifying (Psalm 66:1-2)
• Christ Centred (Colossians 1:18)
• Spirit Empowered (Acts 1:8)
• Bible Based (II Tim. 3:16; Matt. 28:18-20)
• Local Church focused (I Peter 2:4-10; Acts 2:42-47)
• Intentionally Inclusive (Rev. 15:4; Gal. 3:26-28)

Practices:

• We live out authentic lives (Eph. 4:25)
• We empower courageous leadership (I Cor. 4:16; Rom 12:8; Dan. 12:3)
• We affirm the priesthood of all believers (I Pet. 2:9; Heb. 10:19-23)
• We equip gift-oriented ministry (I Cor. 12; Eph 4:11-13; Rom. 12:5-8)
• We pursue excellence (Col. 3:17)
• We are committed to accountability (Luke 17:3; Prov 27:17)
• We are balanced in evangelism and discipleship (Matt. 28:19,20)
• We are diligent in cultural engagement (Matt. 5:13-16; Mark 16:15)
• We ensure healthy environments (Mark 9:42; Mark 10:14)
• We model healthy communication (Eph 4:15: Prov. 22:11)
• We connect with strategic partnerships (Phil. 1:3-6)

Strategy:

We serve our churches through five main avenues:

• Consultations: Both with youth workers (whether on staff or volunteer) or with churches, we meet with you to discuss a variety of youth ministry issues, from "how do we hire a youth pastor" to sensitive issues and conflict resolution.
• Curriculum/resources: Alongside our own annual curriculum, we can recommend some great resources that suit your ministry needs, both for your students as well as your own development.
• Internships: One of the best ways to learn is through guided, hands-on experiences.  Our internships, whether through events like Avalanche and Blizzard, Canadian Baptist young adult cross-regional exchanges or the CBOQ Youth in-office program, are meant to help students and young adults learn a key objective in their personal development with hopes of having them return to their local church to better effectively serve.
  
• M:Launch: Our short term mission pathway and pathway to missional living. It is a stratified approach to short term mission, with three levels: M1 (entry-level mission opportunities for high school students), M2 (mid-length mission opportunities for young adults) and M (longer-term opportunities for young adults considering a calling to vocational ministry).
• Events: Whether it's our pre-evangelistic events with the Raptors or Ticats to our annual winter retreats (Avalanche and Blizzard) to our training events, we've got venues that engage at various stages in a person's faith journey.

For more information, please contact Alvin.