YFC reaches young people everywhere, working together with the local church and other like-minded partners to raise up lifelong followers of Jesus who lead by their godliness in lifestyle, devotion to prayer and the Word of God, passion for sharing the love of Christ and commitment to social involvement.
Youth for Christ staff and volunteers are encouraged and trained to live a 3Story life: A way of life that guides followers of Christ to BE good news while telling stories of THE Good News. It is a way of seeing how the relationships we have with other people and God can be connected and grown. 3Story is not an evangelism tool or method, it is who we want to be and how we want to live. In YFC, 3Story is our living operating system. Our hope is that it becomes our DNA.For more information about 3Story, visit www.3story.org
We are blessed to have a dedicated staff passionate about serving our local youth. For general inquiries, please email us at jlopez@yfclv.org
Executive Director
Johnny Lopez is a dynamic leader who has been serving in ministry since his teenage years in Brooklyn, NY. He has over 12 yrs of Youth Ministry experience and has served under ministries such as CRU’s Student Venture, where he empowered students to establish Christian groups in local high schools and helped teens deepen their faith through mentoring relationships. He was also part of launching Street2Street, a ministry which exists to help inner city kids play, belong and matter through sports events, mentoring and personal development.
Johnny and his wife Yadira currently reside in Bethlehem, PA and serve as Elders at Rivers of Life Seibert Church in Allentown. They are passionate about discipling lives to model Christ and live out their God given purpose.
Bethlehem Campus Life
Hannah Bovard is the daughter of John and Joanie Bovard. Hannah attended Campus Life programs all through middle school and high school (and was known for the brownies she would bake for the weekly clubs!). After graduating from high school, Hannah continued volunteering with YFC all through her time at Northampton Community College and Moravian College, especially with the middle school program. Hannah felt that God was leading her to continue to work with young people in her future career, and as a result is now attending Lehigh University for her Master’s in School Counseling. Hannah currently works as a part-time staff and director of the Northeast Middle School Campus Life club.
Youth for Christ/USA has had a distinctive history of youth evangelism. In 1944 Billy Graham and Torrey Johnson held a Youth for Christ rally in Chicago. The ministry of YFC spread like wildfire across the USA. Today at thousands of community centers, high schools, middle schools, juvenile institutions, coffee shops, and local hangouts, YFC staff and volunteers meet with young people who need Jesus. For more about the national movement of Youth for Christ, visit www.yfc.org.
