Teens for Christ
In the 1940s Youth For Christ was formed in Allen County. During the 1980s, the local "Youth For Christ" became "Teens For Christ" and started to hold chapter meetings in various homes throughout the area. During the 1990s, TFC accepted the mandate to "Turn Teenagers into Fully Committed Followers of Jesus Christ" and came under the leadership of its current Executive Director, Buck Sutton (currently age 45). From the 90s, with three senior high chapters totaling 30 teens and 8 volunteer leaders, today's roster encompasses 17 chapters and over 60 volunteers. In October 2008, TFC Arkansas was launched in Gentry, Arkansas, led by TFC alumni David Young. In September 2009, the Rockford, Illinois, chapter was launched. TFC Kenya began in August 2005 with a man named Moses Omondi. He started in a handful of schools, and has since expanded to over 100 schools in areas of Kenya, including Nairobi and Kisumu. This ministry is reaching over 35,000 teens a week in over 130 chapters. TFC Bangladesh was launched in June 2008. It reaches over 9,000 students through more than 150 chapters in the capital (Dhaka), the nearby Gopalganj District and Savar Upazila, Chittagong Division in the southeast of the country, Khulna Division in the southwest, and Rajshahi Division in the west. This ministry is also part of Teens For Christ's efforts to team up with a ministry that has planted 80 churches within the past five years in this area of the world. TFC Rwanda was started by Aminadab Mbanzabugabo Muteteri in 2014 after his Bible college and two years of working for TFC in Kenia. It was started in Rusizi, Western Provinces, but is now also in four provinces of Ruanda with 17 fulltime stuff and some volunteers represented. They are reaching already over 30.000 teenagers and want to expand to reach teenagers all over the country every week in the Chaptermeetings and offer decipleship programms to them. For more informations visite our website.
History of TFC
Teens for Christ (TFC) is a non-profit organization whose aim is that of "turning teenagers into fully committed followers of Jesus Christ".