Why Christian Youth In Action®?

Christian Youth In Action® (CYIA™) is a program designed to train you and a team of other young people in effective and engaging ways to teach children about God while deepening your own faith and growing more into who God wants you to be. The program is open to teens ages 13-19 who are interested in serving the Lord alongside a team of like minded students from your area. (Teens 12 years old may be accepted on a case-by-case basis.) You will attend a one-week training school where you will learn to present the Gospel clearly on a child’s level, counsel a child for salvation and lead a dynamic 5-Day Club® for kids. After this training, you will return to your local community and teach 5-Day Club®s at various community locations with a team of other young people. You will be able to take the light of the Gospel to them in their apartment complexes, day-care centers, neighborhoods, schools and other community locations.

Is God calling you?

How Do I Start?

Begin praying now if God would have you serve Him next summer! Feel free to email us for more information.

STEP 1: Consider serving as a CYIA missionary for 2025. Discuss with your parents. For more information, contact CEF of North AL at CEFofNAL.gnc@gmail.com or 256-353-3139.

STEP 2: Applications will be available in January, but you are welcome to email us now for more information! Must be 13 or older by June 1, 2025. (Teens 12 years old may be accepted on a case-by-case basis.) There are two ways to submit an application once available. 1) Download, print, and mail, or 2) Download, fill out on a computer, and email. **If you choose option 2, you will need to download the separate Student Reference form to email to your references to fill out.

STEP 3: Attend the Challenging training June 6-12, 2025 with other teens from around Alabama. You can do it in the Lord’s strength!

STEP 4: See God use you to make an eternal impact in the lives of  children where you live. Teach 2 to 5 weeks of 5-Day Club®s here in the North Alabama area, alongside a team of like minded teens after training.

The application process includes a submitted application and interview that will take place with one or more of our staff members at the local office or over Zoom. The cost for the CYIA training school & the teaching materials and ways to pay for it will be discussed during the application process.

Why should you do CYIA? Check out what these teens have to say!

Testimonies from CYIA missionaries

“You’ll get up early, work a long time, get frustrated by crazy kids’ songs stuck in your head for the next year. But in the end, you’ll see it’s been a lot more than that. You’ve learned so much: you’ve forced yourself to get up in front of others; you’ve grown closer to your fellow workers; and, most of all, you’ve planted the most valuable seeds in the hearts of so many little ones.”
““Every time I share the Gospel message, it becomes more real in my life.”  ”
““Coming to CYIA is a real encouragement for me in my walk with God.  I am just so encouraged to see all these (teens) wanting to live and work for God.”  ”
““I have been able to use my previous CYIA training to reach children with the gospel.  It has also helped me to teach children more effectively in my church.””
““I learned that God has a plan for my life. That God hears prayer. I’ve learned how to understand children and how to talk to them in their world. And how to work under pressure, how to run on a few hours of sleep and still be enthusiastic. I’ve learned a ton of scriptures and what they mean, how to pick a random verse and teach the whole Gospel through it. … And that you shouldn’t let your age stop you from what God wants you to do. That even if your the youngest, you can still do it. And anyone who doesn’t think you can, prove them wrong. … This summer was the best thing to ever happen to me, for I’ve leaned that God is in control.””
““I learned sooooo much like how to deal with kids of all ages for many different situations, how to teach bible stories and how to IPEAR (intro presentation explanation application repetition) anything like a song, bible verse, bible lesson, etc. and how to tell the Gospel to kids of any ages in a way they would understand and lots of different ways that I never knew before. I also learned soooooo much more that couldn’t be put into words but it helped me so much with my spiritual life and growth as a Christian and the things I learned I will be using for as long as I live.””