Youth Invasion


Morning Star


Discipleship Material 

The vision of Global Youth Evangelism and its associated outreaches, had its origin in the late 1950s in a small mountain house church near Los Gatos, California. In a miraculous move of God, the Holy Spirit began to touch and call men and women to a renewed commitment to experience the reality of the presence of the living God.

In 1961, after construction of new facilities, the vision of world evangelism began to unfold. Following the scriptural pattern (Acts 1:8), the church body began to reach out to the local and nearby communities through a weekly radio broadcast and through "Released Time Evangelism" in the public schools. As young people responded to the move of God, the church helped sponsor "Youth Invasions" throughout Northern California.

Before long the missionary vision began to become more established and members of the congregation became involved in an outreach to Mexican immigrant workers. In order to increase the effectiveness of the ministry by transcending denominational boundaries, Global Youth Evangelism was incorporated June 1, 1965.

Then, in the late sixties after a time of reduced activity, the Holy Spirit began to direct the development of an international ministry through the establishment of missionary training centers at Los Gatos, California and in Guadalajara, Mexico.

In 1976 and 1977 Global Youth Evangelism built and launched a 68 foot, steel hulled, staysail schooner, the Morning Star, to be used as a missionary boat primarily in the South Pacific islands. After two extensive tours in the South Pacific, the Morning Star was recalled and was used to transport tons of discipleship materials into Central and South America. Since the mid-eighties the Morning Star has been used in the Mediterranean area under the auspices of Hellenic Ministries of Athens, Greece.

From those early days to the present, the vision of discipling and mentoring workers has continued to develop through various steps and phases. One of the salient results of this process has been the continued development of The Christian Worker Bible Study Series© which is used internationally by many organizations and by literally thousands of national workers. In the mid-eighties, with the increased activity and outreach, the headquarters office was transferred from Los Gatos to Orland, California in order to consolidate and strengthen the organization.

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In 1995, in response to the desire and need of many who want to be part of a formal educational process, Global Bible Institute was established and offers Associate, Bachelor, Master and Doctor of Theology degrees in Biblical Studies through the Living Light International Foundation of Burlington, IA. This educational program enables Christians to receive further training at their own location under the direct supervision of one's own pastor. For further information about Global Bible Institute, Click on the GBI icon above.