The Youth Fellowship

HISTORY

The MYF

The Methodist Church, Ghana in time past had two main active youth organizations which catered for the needs of the people in the church. The two are the Methodist Guild and the Methodist Youth Fellowship. Later, the Methodist Guild and the Methodist Youth Fellowship were separated to undertake different religious roles in the Church.

In 1944 and 1945, the Synod of the then Gold Coast Methodist Church, appointed a sub-committee to re-examine the church’s youth work. The committee recommended the establishment of a youth fellowship that will be opened to educated young men and women thus separating it from the Methodist Guild.

In 1946, the first Fellowship was formed in Cape Coast in the Central Region and was out doored as, the Methodist Youth Fellowship with M.Y.F. as its abbreviation. The Methodist Youth Fellowship, therefore, exists to nurture young people in the church with Christian doctrines, help the spiritual growth of young people in the church and work to support the growth of the Church.

AIMS & OBJECTIVES

Our Aims & Objectives

Membership is open to all young people in the Methodist Church between the ages of 18 – 35 years. The age has recently been lowered to cater for Junior High School pupils and Senior High School students. Also, older people who are ‘young in heart’ may be admitted.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF M.Y.F.

To provide a means of fellowship within the Methodist Church, Ghana suitable to the needs of young people in the church
To help young people to come to have a personal faith in Jesus Christ as their Saviour
To provide opportunities to study, discuss and pray about their growing faith in Him.
To encourage members to render practical services for and on behalf of the Methodist Church, Ghana.
To help young people to appreciate the unity of the Church in its diversity and to promote a sense of belonging to a World Christian Church.

GALLERY

Meeting Times

The MYF meets every Thursday between 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm

MOTTO

The motto of M.Y.F. originated from the organization’s aims and objectives:

‘WE WORK, WE WITNESS, WE WORSHIP’.

SLOGAN

The slogan of the Methodist Youth Fellowship is ‘WE-ONE’. The slogan defends members’ oneness in Jesus Christ irrespective of social, economic, and academic differences in fulfillment of the Lord’s desire and prayer, ‘that they shall be one’.