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Empowering young leaders to reach their world through discipleship.

The work of YLI is focused on Love

Intimacy with God

We pursue a Love relationship with God

Incarnational Evangelism

We build Loving friendships with people who do not know Jesus

Spiritual Reproduction

We disciple other people out of Love

"And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others." -2 Timothy 2:2
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YLI Water Projects

Clean Water, Living Water

“For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in”. (Matt 25:35)

The fundamental reason that we started building clean water projects is that so many of the people we encounter in our ministry suffer from thirst. At first, we didn’t even envision the synergies that we’ve seen between discipleship and water ministry. Since 2010, God has used YLI to provide clean water to drink for more than 50 communities, all places where YLI leaders have been working to evangelize, disciple and plant churches.

Ministry Impacts

Through the power of the Holy Spirit...

  • More than 3,000 young leaders in seven countries have completed YLI Basic Training 

  • Indigenous, multiplying, self-sustaining movements in a previously unreached Muslim group

  • Ghanian coaches extended YLI's discipleship model through West Africa to northern Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Liberia and Cameroon

  • Partnered with YLI trained leaders to launch sports ministries serving and teaching the gospel to more than 1000 youth per month 

  • Clean water provided to more than 50 communities and 15,000 people

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YLI Blog

Our 2 Timothy 2:2 Stories

(Originally published April 25, 2025) We made an urgent request in the April mailed newsletter… and YLI donors showed ...

(Originally published December 13, 2024) Friends, Da Onyame Ase (thanks be to God) is a line in a Ghanaian children’s ...

YLI’s ministry in Nigeria, on the surface, resembles YLI in Ghana: young Christian adults making disciples and lovingly ...

Ministry at the speed of relationships

deep discipleship of a few = exponential impact