Tentmakers

Summary

Tentmakers Youth Ministry ("Tentmakers") is a relational and skill training organization, developing church ministry staff, volunteers and students to be more effective in reaching young people. It has developed the resources to inspire, inform and build specific leadership skills in people based on transferable biblical principles. Tentmakers was founded in 1978 by Dick Amundson. This organization is a nonprofit. Contributions to it are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. It is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).

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Purpose [ Back to top ]

Tentmakers Youth Ministry ("Tentmakers") is a relational and skill training organization, developing church ministry staff, volunteers and students to be more effective in reaching young people. It has developed the resources to inspire, inform and build specific leadership skills in people based on transferable biblical principles. Tentmakers was founded in 1978 by Dick Amundson.

This organization is a nonprofit. Contributions to it are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. It is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).

Mission Statement [ Back to top ]

Tentmakers Youth Ministry's Mission Statement is:

Tentmakers Training helps the Church lead young people to follow Jesus Christ.

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Tentmakers Youth Ministry's Statement of Faith is:

Tentmakers is Christ-centered. We confess the gospel of Jesus Christ as expressed in the Apostle's Creed. Because we live by means of the Gospel, we also desire to live in the manner of the Gospel and to dedicate ourselves to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ. This is done with the hope that men and women will come to put their trust in God through Christ, confess Him as their Savior, and serve Him as their Lord - in the fellowship of the Church.


We understand that the Christ-centered life is:

Knowing and loving Christ,
Loving and serving others,
Knowing forgiveness and eternal salvation through faith in Christ,
Living out the 10 commandments,
Knowing the Bible and having a consistent devotional life,
Being in fellowship with the Church,
Fulfilling the Great Commission.

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Tentmakers was originally organized in 1979 to train youth leaders for the church. The "tentmakers" were the youth leaders who partially supported themselves with a part-time job, like Paul the Apostle supported himself by manufacturing tents. Now, we offer leadership training for the Church. We believe today that the true "tentmakers" are the members of the Body of Christ who give time and energy to minister to each other and to young people. After all, the responsibility for leading youth falls to the entire Church, not just paid youth leaders.

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Ranking Category	Rating	Overall Rank	Leadership Training Sector
Overall Efficiency Rating		213 of 348	13 of 16
Fund Acquisition Decision		213 of 348	13 of 16
Resource Allocation Decision		of 348	9 of 16
Asset Utilization Decision		of 348	9 of 16