Equipping urban youth leaders and parents to see every youth mature in faith and flourish in adulthood

Grounded in ScripturePartnering with Parents Preparing Youth for Life

We are a community of urban youth leaders and parents united around one vision:

To see every youth mature in faith and flourish in adulthood

An open letter to leaders
discipling youth in the city

Discipling youth in the city is hard.

Urban youth are overscheduled

Navigating identity, pressure, and competing voices every day.

Parents are stretched thin

Many drop their teens off at youth group hoping spiritual maturity will happen on its own.

Most curriculum wasn't written for urban youth.

It’s almost no surprise 2 in 3 teens who grow up in church stop attending after high school. (Lifeway Research, 2025)

That's not just a statistic. That's our youth, and it breaks our heart

Something has to change.

That's why YDC exists.

We equip urban youth leaders and parents so students mature in faith, are equipped for adulthood, and build a lifelong relationship with Jesus.

3 Ways the YDC Can Help You

1) Join the Collective

Weekly insights, tools and gatherings for youth leaders and parents. Sign up below!

2) AgapeX Discipleship
System

A weekly curriculum and youth discipleship system built for urban ministries

3) City Discipleship
Accelerator

Install the full city-discipleship operating system in 90 Days - email ydc.missions@gmail.com to learn more

Grounded in Scripture
Partnering with Parents 
Preparing Youth for Life

Join the Collective