Reaching Youth with Evangelism Teams
By Editorial Staff
Published December 1987
Youth Explosion
Minneapolis, MN – All of the participants of Youth Explosion enjoyed Father Mike Kollar, the challenging speaker and director of National Evangelization Teams (NET) from Minneapolis. We thought you’d like to know more about his ministry.
Father Mike began his work in youth evangelism one year after his ordination into the priesthood in 1969. He was first assigned to oversee the ministry of the St. Paul Catholic Youth Center — and he has since guided it to become one of the most successful youth ministries in the nation.
In 1981, Father Mike launched the first NET team. Young people in the team travelled to a diocese where they served four to six weeks at a time conducting retreats for the youth in local churches. So far, in each of the 46 dioceses where NET has served, all of the churches have asked them to return the following year!
While statistics reveal that church attendance among Catholic youth is declining, many are turning back to God through the ministry of National Evangelization Teams. Father Mike and his staff believe that we are going to see an entirely new generation of faith-filled Catholics emerge in the coming years!
New Generation
Washington, D.C. – Vibrant and exciting are two words that aptly describe the youth ministry of Evangel Temple in Washington, D.C. — under the leadership of Youth Pastor James Holcomb. Since all of the young people at Evangel Temple believe that God is raising up a new generation to take His gospel to the world, they have called their youth group the New Generation Ministry.
Each Friday night, all the young people at Evangel bring their friends from school or work at attend an exiting evening of praise and worship with their band, “Beyond Praise.” At each service, the youth drama ministry, “Living Parables,” takes an active part in the worship experience. The young people act out principles from God’s Word in order to reinforce the message that God is speaking to the church.
According to James Holcomb, New Generation is called to bring revival to the youth of the Washington, D.C. area. He also feels that the young people need to experience the presence of God, and that’s why there is so much emphasis on worship at Evangel Temple.
New Gereration also encourages its youth to be a part of its Fine Arts Ministry, missionary teams, and church athletic teams.
For more information about New Generation, contact:
Evangel Temple
610 Rhode Island Ave, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002
Maranatha Ministries
Gainesville, FL – Bob Weiner and Rice Broocks are taking the gospel to one of the most challenging places on earth — the college campus! They also invite you to plan to be a part of this exciting outreach when you are ready for college.
Bob Weiner founded Maranatha Campus Ministries in 1972. Since that year, young people in Maranatha have been trained for leadership and are now starting churches all over the world. Currently, Maranatha has over 45 churches in the U.S. and over 20 overseas.
Rice Broocks, who is the director of the campus outreach for Maranatha, met Jesus in the late 1970s at Mississippi State University. Today, he speaks to youth groups and college students all over the world. He is also the director of Champions for Christ — Maranatha’s outreach to college and pro athletes. Rice is also heading up an exciting new ministry called the Society for Creation Science.
Every year, hundreds of university students find Christ because of the bold stand that Maranatha students are taking. These kids are radical!
The students in Maranatha pass out a newspaper called The Forerunner which is published by the ministry. The paper is challenging university students to face the claims of Christianity head-on!
Maranatha is also hosting a World Leadership Conference in late December of this year in Ft. Worth, Texas. Speakers including Rosey Grier, Rich Wilkerson, and Larry Tomczak will be addressing the crowd.
If you would like to be a part of a Maranatha team when you go to college, just contact their office. Be sure to mention if you would like a free copy of The Forerunner, too:
Maranatha Campus Ministries
P.O. Box 1799
Gainesville, FL 32602
(904) 375-6000
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