The General Youth Division is pleased to announce: Hyphen…the Young Adult Ministry of the GYD
The following information is courtesy of the General Youth Division of the United Pentecostal Church International. It’s a press release announcing the launch of a new ministry focused on youth ages 18-30.
Today is the official first day of the new endeavor of the General Youth Division: Hyphen. We are beginning a two-year launch phase of this very important ministry.
The role of a hyphen is to bridge a gap. We feel that Hyphen is a name that embodies our intent: to bridge a gap between student ministries and adult programs. Also, we will endeavor to equip Young Adults to become hyphens in their churches, churches to build ministries that hyphenate a wavering demographic, and districts to become hyphens in their student ministry strategy. We want to include the young adult focus in all that we program.
Talking Points
- Hyphen will publically be launched at Youth Congress.
- We are a ministry that is focused on the 18-30 age demographic, while Campus Ministry focuses on a college students, and the Singles ministry of the Sunday School division focuses on the broader singles population. Our focus is streamlined, but we will work cooperatively alongside both ministries.
- 2009 and 2010 will be the launch phase of the ministry. We are interested in: 1) raising national awareness 2) collecting resources, and 3) challenging and equipping districts to host Young Adult events. Each district structure will be left up to the respective district for at least the first two years.
- We are building a national team that will 1) collect resources 2) be a regional representative for Hyphen, and 3) fulfill different necessary tasks for the Hyphen Launch.
- Our website will be live at Youth Congress: www.hyphenonline.org
- The role of our website is to compile resources, communicate to Young Adults, and equip local ministries.
About our new Hyphen Coordinator
Nathaniel Binion grew up in Indiana and Oklahoma. In 1996 he started a Campus Ministry at the University of Oklahoma. He was CMI Coordinator in Oklahoma and then Missouri. In 2004, under the direction of then Youth President Chuck Carr and later Martin Gantt, Nathaniel started a Young Adult ministry in the Missouri district called Vantage. They held their first event at the 2005 Missouri Youth Convention. Nathaniel Binion was a Student Pastor and Outreach Pastor in St. Louis, MO until Spring 2008. Most recently, Nathaniel and Regina have started a downtown daughter work of David Bernard in Austin, Texas (a city in which 40% of the population are between the ages of 18 and 30). Nathaniel Binion accepted the position of the new Hyphen Coordinator in May.
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