Taking good news to every young person in Bath

About Bath YFC

The aims of Bath YFC:

• To help young people be all that they can be; to help them fulfil their potential
• To offer young people the opportunity to explore the Christian faith for themselves
• To work with young people in accordance with the five outcomes set out in Every Child Matters (Stay safe, be healthy, enjoy and achieve, make a positive contribution and economic well-being).

Bath YFC Vision:

To take good news relevantly to every young person in Bath

Bath YFC Values:

•To initiate and engage in a model of work that is holistic in that it seeks to work with young people socio-emotionally(socially, emotionally, relationally), intellectually, physically and spiritually, in other words in body, mind and spirit.
• To be engaged in model of work that is both personal and corporate (bringing transformation to people and the culture/communities in which they live).
• To model Jesus' example of working out mission in word and deed
• To seek to build relationships as foundational to all our work whether with young people, with outside organisations or within Bath YFC
• To build unity and partnership within our work wherever possible and appropriate
• To provide opportunities for young people to explore the Christian faith for themselves and discover and follow Jesus
• To work with all young people in accordance with equal opportunities policy recognising that all young people are loved and valued by God
• To maintain clear lines of accountability with the church in Bath (through the structures already established)
• To be professional in all our work

Bath YFC is seeking to be:

• Biblical: Believing the Bible to be central to the Christian faith and actively seeking to understand and apply biblical principles to all that we seek to do through our work.
• Prophetic: Following Jesus in confronting evil, injustice and hypocrisy. Challenging worldly concepts of power, wealth, status and security.
• Inclusive: Following Jesus in transcending barriers of gender, language, race, class, age and culture. Identifying with those who are rejected, deprived and powerless.
• Sacrificial: Following Jesus in accepting vulnerability and the necessity of sacrifice. Seeking to reflect the generous, life-giving nature of God.
• Missional: Following Jesus in demonstrating in word and action God's forgiving and healing love. Calling & enabling people to experience the love of God for themselves.
• Worshipful: Following Jesus in engaging in worship and prayer which inspire and under gird all we are and do. Exploring and expressing what it means to be part of the people of God, obeying his Word and following Christ in the whole of daily life.