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A Call to Surrender
At YFC Lebanon’s AXIS Youth Center in Zahle, God is working in extraordinary ways among Lebanese youth. Many of these youth come from secular backgrounds, and they are not always clearly exposed to the Gospel. Yet, through AXIS, they are encountering Jesus in a...
Meet Two Leaders in Training Graduates
Youth ministry requires us to walk alongside young people and share life with them. This is a valuable lesson that Jason and Clarita, 24 and 23, learned throughout their time of doing youth ministry. As graduates of YFC Lebanon’s Leaders in Training (LIT) program...
When Faith Became Real
Sandy is thirteen years old, a Grade 8 student with a passion for singing. But beyond her love for music, Sandy's life has been deeply shaped by her faith which has grown stronger over the years. A Personal Encounter with God Growing up in a Christian home surrounded...
Two Friends, One Passion
Both Almass and Lubna arrived in Lebanon as children when war broke out in Syria. They had both been in school until ninth grade but had to stop due to the legal barriers that refugees face in Lebanon. Years earlier, they sought academic support at Manara Youth Center...
Far From Home
When violence erupted in southern Lebanon, Ramzi and his family were forced to make a life-altering escape. Leaving everything behind, they sought refuge in Beirut, where their challenges continued. But through the support of Manara Youth Center, they discovered...
Meet Karmen
Meet our counselor, Karmen. Combining her professional expertise in psychology with a heartfelt commitment to her faith, she has spent years walking alongside Lebanon’s youth, offering them guidance and hope. Through her years of work at the Manara Youth Center and...
“It’s Time” to Build Bridges
“It’s time.” These two words, printed on our staff’s YFC t-shirt, caught Mahdi’s eye. A curious boy of many questions, Mahdi, a young boy from a majority religion background, was eager to learn about the strangers visiting his shelter school about 8 km (5 miles) from...
Drawing Closer to Christ
Andrew’s Journey at AXIS Youth Center Andrew, a 17-year-old from Zahle, is a young man full of curiosity and ambition. With dreams of studying mechanical engineering and physics, he also enjoys sports and connecting with nature. Yet, beyond his academic and personal...
Coding A New Future
How our Vocational Training Program’s Computer Programming Classes Are Empowering Youth God continues transforming lives in Burj Hammoud, a densely populated Beirut suburb. Our mission is to allow every young person to follow Jesus. But we don’t stop there—we meet...
Beams Through the Shattered Glass
Since early October, Manara Youth Center (MYC) has been welcoming displaced families affected by the recent violence in Lebanon. Many are finding a safe space and a sense of normalcy in the center, regardless of their background...