Youth Ministry International (YMI), an international youth ministry training organization headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, has announced the hiring of Dr. Gary Almon as their new Chief of Staff. Dr. Almon begins his ministry opportunities with YMI as of December...
The last three months have been focused on support for our team of trainers in Ukraine which have been affected by the war with Russia. One highlight was the opportunity for my wife Sonnet and I to travel to Bucharest Romania and work with our Romania and Ukraine...
STRATEGIC PARTNER UPDATE SUMMER 2022 In July of 2021, I was supposed to attend the Ethiopia Theological College graduation and be the guest speaker to challenge the more than 150 new ministry graduates and particularly the 13 FIRST Youth Ministry MA graduates in...
So, What is “Normal” Programming? How Romanian Youth Minsters Reach Their Flock My name is Alin Costache, and I am a 2019 graduate of YMI’s youth ministry training program at the Baptist Institute in Bucharest. I’ve been serving as the youth pastor at Agape Baptist...
A few weeks ago, we were at church going through our regular routines of worship and fellowship when a Ukrainian lady tapped Melissa on the shoulder after hearing her speaking English. This lady did not understand any Romanian language used in church that day, but she...
