Teen Mania Ministries

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Teen Mania Ministries

Teen Mania logo
Teen Mania logo
Type Christian missions
Headquarters Garden Valley, Texas
President Ron Luce
Key people Dave Hasz
Website teenmania.com
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Teen Mania Ministries is an fundamentalist Evangelical Christian mission organization located in Garden Valley, Texas. It was founded in 1986 by Ron Luce and his wife Katie. The organization states its mission as: "To provoke a young generation to passionately pursue Jesus Christ and to take His life-giving message to the ends of the earth." Teen Mania is a member of the Arlington Group, a coalition which unites the leaders of almost all of the most prominent Christian Right organizations in the United States.

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[edit] Primary ministries

There are five primary ministries within the organization that help facilitate their mission.

[edit] Youth conferences

Acquire the Fire is a youth conference that is presented in various cities across the United States and Canada each year. These conferences consist of Christian teachings, stage dramas, and live concerts. The other ministries of Teen Mania are also promoted at these conferences.

Similar mass events are held in stadiums and arenas as part of their Battle Cry Campaign.

[edit] Global Expeditions

Global Expeditions is a short-term summer missionary ministry. Young people are sent between 1 and 8 weeks to countries around the world for service-related work as well as drama and street evangelism.

[edit] Honor Academy

Main article: Honor Academy

The Honor Academy is an internship program for high school graduates. Honor Academy interns perform most of the day-to-day functions of the different ministry programs.

[edit] Extreme Camps

Extreme Camps is an annual series of summer camps held at their campus in Garden Valley, Texas.

[edit] Center For Creative Media

The Center For Creative Media is a two-year film and television internship program. These interns participate in producing media for Teen Mania related live events and broadcasts.

[edit] The campus

In 1996 Teen Mania relocated from Tulsa, Oklahoma to Garden Valley, Texas, purchasing the property that was formerly the location of Keith Green's Last Days Ministries. One of the dormitories on campus is named Green Hall, in memory of Keith.

[edit] Criticism

Journalist and anti-Bush activist Sunsara Taylor has publicly opposed what she described as Teen Mania Ministries "hateful", "hyperpatriotic", "woman-bashing" and "racist" stance.[1] In a debate with her on United States television, Ron Luce said, "There are young people all over America and they are realizing that they are caught in the middle of this culture war. They are saying, you know what? We want our voices to be heard. We love the Lord and we're not mean."

[edit] References

  1. ^ Taylor, Sunsara (2006-05-23). Meet the New Christian Conquistadors. Counterpunch. Retrieved on 2007-03-23.

[edit] External links

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