Youth Movement UPC 2025

The UPC Youth Movement is the Youth Ministry Department of the Ukrainian Church of Christians of the Evangelical Faith, which has about 20 thousand young people.

Vision
Active youth, united through healthy leadership, are busy spreading the Gospel.

Our main focus

Cultivation active youth

Instilling a love for purposeful living and active involvement in service

Spreading the Gospel

Motivating young Christians and providing them with all the necessary tools to spread the Gospel in every place — at work, at school, on the streets, and at home.

Youth leadership development

Built on Biblical Principles and Adapted to Modern Ministry Challenges; Equipping Young and Potential Leaders

Projects

All-Ukrainian Leadership Retreat

Our goal is to enable leaders from different parts of Ukraine to learn together, equip them with tools for ministry, and restore resources in a unique location in the Carpathian Mountains.

Leadership Elements

‘Elements of Leadership’ is an all-Ukrainian forum of the UPC Youth Department that brings together current and potential youth leaders of local churches for training and equipping. Participants receive practical tools to fulfil their vocation, establish useful contacts and learn from experienced ministers.

Course "Go Leader"

Our goal is to create an online platform through which the Department of Youth of the UPC will be able to train current and potential youth leaders, inculcate biblical values, goals and principles of ministry adapted to modern challenges and problems.

Course PROmova

Our goal is to equip participants with the knowledge to compose and deliver speeches, and to provide an opportunity to practice delivering speeches.

Our goal is to inspire young people to share the Gospel and provide them with practical resources and tools for effective evangelism.

About us

All events and projects of the Youth Movement are implemented thanks to a macro team consisting of 24 regional youth leaders and their deputies. The direct planning, analysis and organisation of all events, trainings and projects is carried out by a microteam led by the Head of the Department.

ABOUT the Head of the Department of UPC

Meet this —

Vasyl Chernyak

Vasyl has been the head of the UPC Youth Movement since 2023. Vasyl is a preacher, one of the pastors of the local church of the UPC in Ivano-Frankivsk with leadership experience in youth ministry for about 15 years. Speaker and teacher of subjects and topics related to youth ministry, leadership and motivation.

Favourite quote:
Do what you can with what you have, where you are.

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You can become a partner of the UPC Youth Movement by supporting any of the current projects. Upon completion of each project, reports are generated, which each partner can familiarise themselves with.