Lead THE Cause | A Youth Mission Trip for Teens & Leaders

Urban Youth Ministry Mission Trip helping students Live a Life on Mission for THE Cause of Christ

Lead THE Cause is a one-week youth mission trip that trains your students and leaders how to trigger, sustain, and spread a gospel movement

The Nation’s Leading Student Evangelism Training

When an urban mission trip collides with intense discipleship training, you get focused students that are eager, life-long followers of Christ and His mission!

That’s exactly what happens at this week-long, summer, discipleship & evangelism training for high school teens. And with Sonlife and Dare 2 Share, ministries with 25+ years of experience, the content is sure to stick.

During the week, your students will have the chance to:

Participate in small and large group training sessions developed to help them relationally share the gospel and multiply disciples.
Share the Gospel one-on-one with unbelievers in your city
Create an intentional strategy for spreading the Gospel at home.
Develop practical skills and witnessing approaches to help instill confidence and passion for sharing their faith while developing them into leaders who can train others.

Still not convinced? See what other youth leaders have had to say about their youth group’s experience at Lead THE Cause!

Ready to take your next steps? Get started registering your group for Lead THE Cause!

2017 Lead THE Cause Locations

Choose a city near you and get started with your journey to transform young believers into leaders and life-long disciples who are passionate about THE Cause of Christ, sharing the Gospel, and multiplying disciples!

Dive into an urban experience and shine the light of the gospel in the windy city. This baseball town is full of skyrises and people who desperately need Jesus!

Go to Chicago

Strike a gospel tune in the streets of the nation's "Live music capital". Experience some of the finest southern hospitality when ya'll come to this friendly city.

Go to Austin

Mountains, fresh air, no humidity. What's not to like about summer in ColoRADo? Walk on the adventurous side in the Mile High City.

Go to Denver

Engage with people from all walks of life and experience. What better place to share the hope of Jesus than the capital that shapes our nation?

Go to D.C.

Get a FREE Lead THE Cause Info Kit

Want more information on what Lead THE Cause is and what it will do for your group? This FREE info kit is designed to give you an in-depth look at Lead THE Cause!

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A Disciple-Making Movement of Gospel Advancers

Lead THE Cause is a great way for you to inspire and equip your students to take their faith to the next level and provides a framework for them to understand what discipleship looks like, setting them up for lifelong, healthy spiritual growth.

6 things you'll do at Lead THE Cause

Grow the faith of your students

Instill a biblical disciple-making model into your group’s DNA

Prepare your students for a lifetime of fruitful service and leadership

Build a Gospel Advancing ministry that has real Kingdom impact

Be a part of the leading edge of revival within the U.S. church

Make the most of your summer at Lead THE Cause!

A Story of Gospel Transformation

Youth leader Nathan Smith took 7 students to Lead THE Cause. God transformed the lives of his students and birthed a vision to reach their community which sparked revival in his church.

Read Their Story

Lead THE Cause is a training program by:

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” - Matthew 28:19-20