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== Some of the conferences == |
== Some of the conferences == |
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| ⚫ | * 2003, Ann Arbor, Michigan<ref>{{Cite web | title = Hope Media Ministries, General Youth Conference: Higher than the Highest (2003) | url = http://www.hopevideo.com/media_with_gyc_2003.htm | accessdate = July 1, 2011 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20111005041552/http://www.hopevideo.com/media_with_gyc_2003.htm | archivedate = October 5, 2011 | df = }}</ref> |
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* 2003, Ann Arbor, Michigan<ref>{{Cite web |
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*2004, Sacramento, California<ref>{{Cite web | title = Hope Media Ministries, General Youth Conference: Higher than the Highest (2004) | url = http://www.hopevideo.com/media_with_gyc_2004.htm | accessdate = July 1, 2011 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20111005041609/http://www.hopevideo.com/media_with_gyc_2004.htm | archivedate = October 5, 2011 | df = }}</ref> |
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*2004, Sacramento, California<ref>{{Cite web |
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* 2010, Baltimore, Maryland<ref name = "Baltimore">{{Cite web | title = GYC welcomes 2011, breaks records in Baltimore | publisher = Adventist Laymen's Services and Industries | date = December 31, 2010 | url = http://www-asiministries-org.netasi.org/news_entries/304 | accessdate = July 4, 2011}}</ref> |
* 2010, Baltimore, Maryland<ref name = "Baltimore">{{Cite web | title = GYC welcomes 2011, breaks records in Baltimore | publisher = Adventist Laymen's Services and Industries | date = December 31, 2010 | url = http://www-asiministries-org.netasi.org/news_entries/304 | accessdate = July 4, 2011}}</ref> |
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::At the 2010 conference 5100 people registered from 43 countries. At the main worship service on Saturday an estimated 6700 attended. Attendees crowded onto approximately 70 buses on Saturday afternoon for door-to-door evangelism in and around the city of Baltimore. Many church leaders, including General Conference president Ted Wilson and well-known evangelist Mark Finley, joined the youth for that venture. |
::At the 2010 conference 5100 people registered from 43 countries. At the main worship service on Saturday an estimated 6700 attended. Attendees crowded onto approximately 70 buses on Saturday afternoon for door-to-door evangelism in and around the city of Baltimore. Many church leaders, including General Conference president Ted Wilson and well-known evangelist Mark Finley, joined the youth for that venture. |
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===Concerns within the church=== |
===Concerns within the church=== |
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The GYC annual gatherings have generated controversy within the Adventist community by [[Progressive Adventism|Progressive Adventist]]. One of the authors for [[Spectrum (magazine)|Spectrum]], an independent (liberal) Adventist magazine, wrote, "What I am saying is that emotional, anti-intellectual, conservative movements like GYC don’t accomplish much in the long run in spite of all the hoopla. They are ineffective in achieving their own long-term goals and can be spiritually harmful to the young innocents who blame themselves for delaying the Second Advent."<!-- |sign=Andrew Hanson|source=''Reviewing the Review: GYC Edition''--><ref name=spectrum1-24-11>{{Citation | last = Hanson | first = Andrew | title = Reviewing the Review: GYC Edition | newspaper = Spectrum Magazine | date = January 24, 2011 | url = http://www.spectrummagazine.org/blog/2011/01/24/reviewing-review-gyc-edition | accessdate = January 25, 2011 }}</ref> Ervin Taylor, writing for the [[Progressive Adventism|Progressive Adventist]] magazine ''Adventist Today'', criticized the movement, challenging claims that GYC is a grass-roots organization and pointing to tax documents showing GYC is well funded. He also suggested that GYC has a conservative ideology.<ref>http://www.atoday.org/article.php?id=111</ref> |
The GYC annual gatherings have generated controversy within the Adventist community by [[Progressive Adventism|Progressive Adventist]]. One of the authors for [[Spectrum (magazine)|Spectrum]], an independent (liberal) Adventist magazine, wrote, "What I am saying is that emotional, anti-intellectual, conservative movements like GYC don’t accomplish much in the long run in spite of all the hoopla. They are ineffective in achieving their own long-term goals and can be spiritually harmful to the young innocents who blame themselves for delaying the Second Advent."<!-- |sign=Andrew Hanson|source=''Reviewing the Review: GYC Edition''--><ref name=spectrum1-24-11>{{Citation | last = Hanson | first = Andrew | title = Reviewing the Review: GYC Edition | newspaper = Spectrum Magazine | date = January 24, 2011 | url = http://www.spectrummagazine.org/blog/2011/01/24/reviewing-review-gyc-edition | accessdate = January 25, 2011 }}</ref> Ervin Taylor, writing for the [[Progressive Adventism|Progressive Adventist]] magazine ''Adventist Today'', criticized the movement, challenging claims that GYC is a grass-roots organization and pointing to tax documents showing GYC is well funded. He also suggested that GYC has a conservative ideology.<ref>http://www.atoday.org/article.php?id=111{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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===Improvement in relations with the church=== |
===Improvement in relations with the church=== |
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After some early painful interactions between the youthful organizers and General Conference officials, both groups have developed a positive relationship with the other.<ref name = "Cork">{{Cite journal | last = Cork | first = Bill | title = Some Reflections on GYC | journal = Adventist Today | location = Online Edition | date = March 9, 2011 | language = | url = http://30-254.bluehost.com/some-reflections-gyc | archive-url = https://archive.is/20130118090134/http://30-254.bluehost.com/some-reflections-gyc | dead-url = yes | archive-date = January 18, 2013 | accessdate = July 6, 2012}} </ref> Presenters at the [[Louisville, Kentucky]], 2009 GYC convention included various leaders of the Adventist church: The North American Division ministerial secretary; the director of the Amazing Facts Center of Evangelism; presidents of two divisions of the world field; the Adventist Review editor, and four General Conference vice presidents. Saturday's attendance was estimated at 4,600. The 2010 GYC further demonstrated acceptance by the official Seventh-day Adventist leadership. [[Ted N. C. Wilson]], newly elected President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, spoke for the Saturday morning service, January 1, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Generation of Youth for Christ On 3ABN December 29 – January 2 | url = http://news.3abn.org/?p=1266 |accessdate = July 1, 2011}}</ref>{{better source|date=July 2011}} |
After some early painful interactions between the youthful organizers and General Conference officials, both groups have developed a positive relationship with the other.<ref name = "Cork">{{Cite journal | last = Cork | first = Bill | title = Some Reflections on GYC | journal = Adventist Today | location = Online Edition | date = March 9, 2011 | language = | url = http://30-254.bluehost.com/some-reflections-gyc | archive-url = https://archive.is/20130118090134/http://30-254.bluehost.com/some-reflections-gyc | dead-url = yes | archive-date = January 18, 2013 | accessdate = July 6, 2012}} </ref> Presenters at the [[Louisville, Kentucky]], 2009 GYC convention included various leaders of the Adventist church: The North American Division ministerial secretary; the director of the Amazing Facts Center of Evangelism; presidents of two divisions of the world field; the Adventist Review editor, and four General Conference vice presidents. Saturday's attendance was estimated at 4,600. The 2010 GYC further demonstrated acceptance by the official Seventh-day Adventist leadership. [[Ted N. C. Wilson]], newly elected President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, spoke for the Saturday morning service, January 1, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Generation of Youth for Christ On 3ABN December 29 – January 2 | url = http://news.3abn.org/?p=1266 | accessdate = July 1, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>{{better source|date=July 2011}} |
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==Structure and Finances== |
==Structure and Finances== |
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The GYC is a member of the Adventist Laymen's Services and Industries (ASI). As the ASI website explains, "Adventist-laymen’s Services & Industries is a cooperative network of lay individuals, professionals and ministries who share a common commitment to support the global mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church."<ref>Adventist Laymen's Services and Industries, retrieved July 6, 2011</ref>{{better source|date=January 2012}}<!-- Third party source needed -- particularly as the citation provided is vague to the point of uselessness. --> |
The GYC is a member of the Adventist Laymen's Services and Industries (ASI). As the ASI website explains, "Adventist-laymen’s Services & Industries is a cooperative network of lay individuals, professionals and ministries who share a common commitment to support the global mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church."<ref>Adventist Laymen's Services and Industries, retrieved July 6, 2011</ref>{{better source|date=January 2012}}<!-- Third party source needed -- particularly as the citation provided is vague to the point of uselessness. --> |
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At first they called themselves the General Youth Conference, but this was too much like the Adventist "General Conference". They changed their name, keeping the GYC acronym, to Generation of Youth for Christ.<ref name = "Cork" /> They have their own governing board and are a registered Michigan-based charity with the United States government.<ref name |
At first they called themselves the General Youth Conference, but this was too much like the Adventist "General Conference". They changed their name, keeping the GYC acronym, to Generation of Youth for Christ.<ref name = "Cork" /> They have their own governing board and are a registered Michigan-based charity with the United States government.<ref name="Tax">{{Cite web | title = Form 990 | work = Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax | publisher = Internal Revenue Service | year = 2009 | url = http://dynamodata.fdncenter.org/990_pdf_archive/200/200292184/200292184_200912_990.pdf | accessdate = July 6, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>{{better source|date=January 2012}} |
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Their website describes two levels of government, an Executive Committee and a Board of Directors. The Executive Committee is composed of volunteers who oversee the operation of GYC. They include young professionals, university students, pastors, and Bible workers. The Board of Directors is made up of older individuals. The stated purpose of GYC is to balance the youthful energy of the Executive Committee with those who have more years of experience. The current Board of Directors includes three doctors, three conference officials, three pastors, two university professors, a financial analyst, and a law student.<ref>[http://gycweb.org/about/leadership/# GYC Leadership]. Retrieved July 6, 2011</ref>{{better source|date=January 2012}} |
Their website describes two levels of government, an Executive Committee and a Board of Directors. The Executive Committee is composed of volunteers who oversee the operation of GYC. They include young professionals, university students, pastors, and Bible workers. The Board of Directors is made up of older individuals. The stated purpose of GYC is to balance the youthful energy of the Executive Committee with those who have more years of experience. The current Board of Directors includes three doctors, three conference officials, three pastors, two university professors, a financial analyst, and a law student.<ref>[http://gycweb.org/about/leadership/# GYC Leadership]. Retrieved July 6, 2011</ref>{{better source|date=January 2012}} |
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== Further reading == |
== Further reading == |
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*{{Cite journal | last = Klingbeil | first = Gerald | title = More than Just a Weekend | journal = Adventist Review | volume = | issue = | pages = | publisher = Review and Herald Publishing Association | location = Online Edition | date = January 13, 2011 | url = http://www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=4054 | accessdate = July 7, 2011 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20111018043321/http://www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=4054 | archivedate = October 18, 2011 | df = }} |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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Revision as of 16:47, 12 October 2017
| Founded | 2002 |
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| Founder | Justin Kim and Israel Ramos |
| Type | Religious |
| Focus | Youth and young adults |
| Location |
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Area served | World. Conventions in United States |
| Method | Annual conventions plus regional conventions |
Key people | Justin McNeilus, President Yamil Rosario, General VP |
Revenue | $694,244 (2009)[1] |
Volunteers | 75 [2] |
| Website | www |
Formerly called | General Youth Conference |
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| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
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Generation of Youth for Christ, formerly the General Youth Conference, is an annual conference and expression of Adventist theology which organizes and coordinates Bible studies, online sermons, regional youth conferences, mission trips, global networking opportunities for young people, week of prayers and youth camp meetings. It began with a small group of Korean students studying their Bibles together all night. It developed through middle-of-the-night text-messaging between two university students, one in Massachusetts, the other in California. They decided to call people together for a small conference in the woods of California. At that first conference, held in 2002, 200 people were invited; 400 attended. Since then, the popularity of the conventions has grown. The 2010 convention registered 5100 participants. At the main worship service on Saturday morning, 7600 people attended, including many local church members who joined in.
Some of the conferences
- At the 2010 conference 5100 people registered from 43 countries. At the main worship service on Saturday an estimated 6700 attended. Attendees crowded onto approximately 70 buses on Saturday afternoon for door-to-door evangelism in and around the city of Baltimore. Many church leaders, including General Conference president Ted Wilson and well-known evangelist Mark Finley, joined the youth for that venture.
Reception
Impact
The SDA church journal for the Southwestern Union Conference concluded, that as a result of these conferences "the youth now want to do public evangelism in their own church."[6]
Concerns within the church
The GYC annual gatherings have generated controversy within the Adventist community by Progressive Adventist. One of the authors for Spectrum, an independent (liberal) Adventist magazine, wrote, "What I am saying is that emotional, anti-intellectual, conservative movements like GYC don’t accomplish much in the long run in spite of all the hoopla. They are ineffective in achieving their own long-term goals and can be spiritually harmful to the young innocents who blame themselves for delaying the Second Advent."[7] Ervin Taylor, writing for the Progressive Adventist magazine Adventist Today, criticized the movement, challenging claims that GYC is a grass-roots organization and pointing to tax documents showing GYC is well funded. He also suggested that GYC has a conservative ideology.[8]
Improvement in relations with the church
After some early painful interactions between the youthful organizers and General Conference officials, both groups have developed a positive relationship with the other.[9] Presenters at the Louisville, Kentucky, 2009 GYC convention included various leaders of the Adventist church: The North American Division ministerial secretary; the director of the Amazing Facts Center of Evangelism; presidents of two divisions of the world field; the Adventist Review editor, and four General Conference vice presidents. Saturday's attendance was estimated at 4,600. The 2010 GYC further demonstrated acceptance by the official Seventh-day Adventist leadership. Ted N. C. Wilson, newly elected President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, spoke for the Saturday morning service, January 1, 2011.[10][better source needed]
Structure and Finances
The GYC is a member of the Adventist Laymen's Services and Industries (ASI). As the ASI website explains, "Adventist-laymen’s Services & Industries is a cooperative network of lay individuals, professionals and ministries who share a common commitment to support the global mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church."[11][better source needed]
At first they called themselves the General Youth Conference, but this was too much like the Adventist "General Conference". They changed their name, keeping the GYC acronym, to Generation of Youth for Christ.[9] They have their own governing board and are a registered Michigan-based charity with the United States government.[2][better source needed]
Their website describes two levels of government, an Executive Committee and a Board of Directors. The Executive Committee is composed of volunteers who oversee the operation of GYC. They include young professionals, university students, pastors, and Bible workers. The Board of Directors is made up of older individuals. The stated purpose of GYC is to balance the youthful energy of the Executive Committee with those who have more years of experience. The current Board of Directors includes three doctors, three conference officials, three pastors, two university professors, a financial analyst, and a law student.[12][better source needed]
References
- ^ "Generation of Youth for Christ". National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS). Urban Institute. 2009. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ^ a b "Form 990" (PDF). Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax. Internal Revenue Service. 2009. Retrieved July 6, 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Hope Media Ministries, General Youth Conference: Higher than the Highest (2003)". Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Hope Media Ministries, General Youth Conference: Higher than the Highest (2004)". Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "GYC welcomes 2011, breaks records in Baltimore". Adventist Laymen's Services and Industries. December 31, 2010. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
- ^ "Generation of Youth for Christ makes an impact: Youth raise money to attend conference". Southwestern Union Record Online. Burleson, Texas: Southwestern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. March 2008. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
- ^ Hanson, Andrew (January 24, 2011), "Reviewing the Review: GYC Edition", Spectrum Magazine, retrieved January 25, 2011
- ^ http://www.atoday.org/article.php?id=111[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Cork, Bill (March 9, 2011). "Some Reflections on GYC". Adventist Today. Online Edition. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Generation of Youth for Christ On 3ABN December 29 – January 2". Retrieved July 1, 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Adventist Laymen's Services and Industries, retrieved July 6, 2011
- ^ GYC Leadership. Retrieved July 6, 2011
Further reading
- Klingbeil, Gerald (January 13, 2011). "More than Just a Weekend". Adventist Review. Online Edition: Review and Herald Publishing Association. Archived from the original on October 18, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
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External links
See also
- Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Seventh-day Adventist Church Pioneers
- Seventh-day Adventist eschatology
- Pathfinders
- Adventurers
- Seventh-day Adventist interfaith relations – for relations with other Protestants and Catholics
- Seventh-day Adventist theology
- Seventh-day Adventist worship
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