THERE IS NO AGE REQUIREMENT FOR FOLLOWING CHRIST.

We believe that youth in Canada need to rise up to the challenge of saying “Yes” to Jesus wherever, whenever and whatever He calls us to do. 

In fact, around the world, many youth are being persecuted for their faith in Christ because they refuse to back down in the face of pressure, but
courageously choose to be obedient to Christ. We can learn from their examples.

Check out the resources below to find out more. If you want to talk to someone about how your youth group can learn more about the persecuted church, drop us a line at youth@odcan.org and we’d love to help!
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EXPLORE RESOURCES:

Brave Faith

Do you want to grow in brave faith?

Do you want to understand more about how much Jesus is worth? Do you want to step out in your walk with God?

Join us on a six-week journey of brave faith, inspired by the real-life stories of Christians from around the world who are risking it all to follow Jesus. 

Download your six-week devotional and start today.

Youth leaders, you can order multiple copies of the resource to work through the devotional with your groups by emailing us at youth@odcan.org. 
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Nano:Free theme session outlines

Open Doors Youth NANO are a series of free downloadable themed simple session outlines that focus on incredible stories from persecuted Christians.

While the sessions all highlight the context of persecution, you can use the material to work through key discipleship themes with your youth or small group.

We’ve created NANO as way to show that the real stories from persecuted Christians can inspire all kinds of areas of our faith as we grow as Christians.  Persecuted Christians have so much to teach us about prayer, forgiveness, passion, worship, giving, distraction, hope, perseverance, God’s plan for us and much, much more.

And the lessons they can bring to us just seem all the more authentic and valuable because of the context of threat, violence and intimidation that they live with.

The outlines aren’t exhaustive – they can be used as a script for a session or you can take the elements you think that will work for you and adapt the rest.. you’ll know what will work best in your group.
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Featured Resource · For Kids & Families

Prayer Passport

The latest Open Doors resource for kids!
Learn about the persecuted church with your child! Together, you can locate
World Watch List countries on a map, pray for them, and mark each one off
your Prayer Passport.
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