Desert On Fire
Empowered by the Sprit to spread the gospel around the world.
Guide to Arizona Youth Ministry
We created a document entitled, “A Cultural Guide to Arizona Youth Ministry.” This is meant to be a resource to serve Youth Pastors and church leaders in Arizona, bringing alignment to our Arizona Ministry Network.
Our Mission
Equipping the church for gospel-centered youth ministry, empowered by the Spirit and personally responsible to the mission of God: until all know Jesus.
CORE VALUES
TRUTH
The truth and integrity of God’s Word is our anchor and the standard in which we measure our lives and ministry by.
God is not intimidated by our doubt, so we come to Him with hard questions. Our confidence comes from a daily commitment - an unwavering pursuit of the person and lifestyle of Jesus.
There is only one Jesus, but there’s always more of Him.
HONOR
Our Pentecostal heritage is infused with youth, racial liberty, and gender equality. We show honor to every person by the way we value, display dignity, and celebrate the unique gift he or she is to the body of Christ.
It takes an intentional effort to treat all people with dignity and care, regardless of how you feel about them in the moment. The best news about the Good News is that the Good News is for all people, no matter your age, gender, color, income, or disability.
GRIT
Failure is not the final answer. We can learn from every experience and get better every time. We never quit. We always get back up. It’s not over until God says it’s over. God doesn’t withdraw His call on our lives.
“Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future, day in, day out, not just for the week, not just for the month, but also for years, and working really hard to make that future a reality. Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.” — Kouzes & Posner
INNOVATION
Arizona still has a wild-west, pioneer mentality. We welcome new ideas, dreams, and models for ministry. We haven’t yet uncovered the best methods of youth ministry, church planting, missions, etc.
We are fearless, trying anything to win people to Jesus. We are not held back by statements like “it’s never been done this way before” or “we’ve always done it this way.” In fact, we consider those statements an invitation to give it our best shot.
OUR NETWORK
ARIZONA ASSEMBLIES OF GOD MINISTRY NETWORK
Arizona Youth Ministries is the youth initiative of the Arizona Ministry Network of the Assemblies of God. There are over 53,000 members and adherents of over 220 AG churches in Arizona, and nearly 900 credentialed ministers. The Arizona Ministry Network was organized in 1940, and is one of 67 districts that comprise the AG General Council (USA), the world’s largest Pentecostal fellowship (over 3 million members and adherents in the United States and more than 67 million world-wide).