Ministry Statistics

This is a 14-year view of Young Life's ministry growth.

Ministries and Kids Impacted
Kids Involved Weekly in Club
U.S. International Kids Involved Weekly in Campaigners	66,362	109,126 24,284	64.44% (7 yrs.) 118.32%	4.15% 14.03%
U.S. International Kids Impacted by Young Life²	19,550 468,021	40,228 7,086 961,652	105.77% (7 yrs.) 116.23% 105.47%	5.87% 13.93% 6.24%
U.S. Life-Stage Ministries
WyldLife High School College International Ministries	291 1,319	1,245 2,778 23 593	327.84% 110.61% (2 yrs.) 360.00% (9 yrs.) 141.06%	12.90% 6.13% 360.00% 11.89%
Total Schools/Ministries	1,610	4,639	188.14%	8.74%
U.S. Focused Ministries³
Capernaum Multicultural/Urban Small Town/Rural YoungLives Other⁴		119 703 885 85 60	(9 yrs.) 750.00% (9 yrs.) 90.00% (9 yrs.) 157.27% (9 yrs.) 507.14% (9 yrs.) 328.57%	34.21% 9.29% 13.98% 26.08% 24.30%
Staff and Volunteers
Young Life Staff U.S. Volunteers	1,531 16,616	3,279 28,539	114.17% 71.76%	6.30% 4.34%
Leaders Committee International Volunteers	8,580 8,036	17,052 11,487	98.74% 42.94%	5.57% 2.87%
(Leaders Only)		3,522	(7 yrs.) 259.02%	24.83%
Young Life Camping (U.S. Only⁵)
High School Campers WyldLife Campers Total Summer Guests⁶ Young Life School Year Campers⁷ Total Guests	21,433 3,653 36,780 31,112 72,381	35,945 12,777 75,042 70,643 159,810	67.71% 249.77% 104.03% 127.06% 120.79%	4.20% 10.66% 5.79% 7.34% 6.49%

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Footnotes

1 Unless otherwise indicated (in parentheses) this column shows growth from 1994-1995 through 2007-2008. In several cases, ministries have a much longer history than these data would suggest. Young Life has been active in multicultural communities, with kids with disabilities and internationally for more than 40 years.

2 Estimated, based on “club cards” collected by each Young Life mission unit.

3 Other includes basketball leagues, youth detention facilities, group homes, etc.

4  The numbers for Focused Ministries are also included within their corresponding Life-Stage Ministry.

5  With the rapid growth of Young Life camping outside the United States, accurate, consistent measurements are still being developed and are not available for 2007-2008.

6  Includes all campers, leaders and adult guests who attended an Adult, Wilderness/Adventure, Campaigner, Family, Senior High Outreach, WyldLife Outreach, Leadership or Work Week camp at a Young Life-owned property during the summer.

7  Includes all campers, leaders and adult guests who attended an Adult, Wilderness/Adventure, Campaigner, Family, Senior High Outreach, WyldLife Outreach, Leadership, School or Work Week camp at a Young Life-owned property during the school season.