Why are young people generally separated by gender on Mission Youth Missions?

Mission Youth missions are life-changing, character-forming events in the lives of young people. Our experience has shown that we can better cultivate environments for spiritual and personal growth when young people are separated by gender, especially during the evangelization and humanitarian work.

While in the company of the opposite sex, high school students in particular, fall somewhere between the extremes of being distracted or insecure around the opposite sex. Removing these distractions enables teens to keep their focus more completely on Christ and their missionary work. The MissionYouth activities also foster deep discussions that eliminate superficiality and competition. The mission creates bonds of friendship and an atmosphere where missionaries can come together and talk about the challenges, struggles, and joys of following Christ. By the end of the mission, the groups have established a strong sense of sisterhood or brotherhood.

On any given mission day there may be a Mission Youth male and female team at one location, however training and mission work should be set-up so that each mission team follows their own schedule.

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