Urban Saints

Urban Saints, formerly called the Crusaders until January 2007, is an interdenominational Christian Youth Organisation founded by a missionary Albert Kestin in the United Kingdom in 1900. The Crusaders' Union was formed in 1906, and marked the start of the organisation. Crusaders celebrated their centenary at the Royal Albert Hall in 2006. Currently, over 20,000 young people in Britain are a part of Urban Saints groups.

History

Since forming in 1906, Urban Saints have been helping young people in the UK to try and bring them closer to God and help guide them through their childhood lives. The reason for their success during the earlier years of their work is that Crusader classes were very different to normal Sunday schools while still teaching the same principles and values supported by the Christian faith. Their motto is 'Faith, hope and most of all love' from 1 Corinthians 13 v 13. The tenets they stand by are: Commitment, Compassion, Endurance, Humility, Integrity and Wisdom. Before too long numbers began to grow and a programme of summer camps began in 1911, together with special events and sporting activities. The organisation grew steadily, apart from during the two world wars when numbers inevitably dipped.

Today

Today Urban Saints has around 800 youth and children's groups meeting around the UK on a regular basis. Thousands of volunteers work together to organise events, holidays, mission trips and training courses in the UK and overseas.

As well as their website, Urban Saints has accounts on Facebook, Youtube and Twitter to keep followers updated. A new online programme, MIMIC, has recently been introduced to target an audience which is increasingly technology-focused. One of the ways in which Urban Saints has promoted this programme is through the distribution of a foldable z-card guide that provides background and contact information.

Energize

Energize is Urban Saints' site for providing group leaders with resources and meeting plans which they can use with their youth and children's groups. It also provides links to leadership training for those who wish to take their involvement with Urban Saints further. Energize is also a way for leaders to post articles for other groups and leaders to see.

Rebuild

Perhaps the most notable holiday scheme was the Urban Saints 'Rebuild' trip to Mexico where over 140 people went abroad to build houses for families living in poverty, in the space of the trip they built 7 houses. There is a second 'Rebuild' trip scheduled to Mexico in 2011

Notable members

• Peter Broadbent, Bishop of Willesden
• David Jenkins, Bishop of Durham
• Maurice Wood, Bishop of Norwich
• Albert Kestin - Founder

External links

• Urban Saints Site
• Urban Saints Youtube Channel
• Urban Saints Facebook Page
• Urban Saints Twitter Feed

This article about a Christian organization is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Religious organisations based in England Religious organizations established in 1900 Christianity in England Christian organizations established in the 20th century Christian youth organizations Christian organization stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР Crusaders Australia Crusaders Colts Look at other dictionaries: Urban VIII —     Pope Urban VIII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Urban VIII     Maffeo Barberini, born at Florence in April, 1568; elected pope, 6 August, 1623; died at Rome, 29 July, 1644.     His father Antonio Barberini, a Florentine nobleman, who died… …   Catholic encyclopedia Urban (bishop) — Urban (1076 1134) was the first bishop of South East Wales to call himself bishop of Llandaff . He was of a Welsh clerical family and his baptismal name in the Welsh language is given in charter sources as Gwrgan. He Latinised it to the papal… …   Wikipedia Urban — m English, Danish, Swedish, Polish, and Czech: from the Latin name Urbānus ‘city dweller’. This was borne by numerous early saints, and was adopted by several popes (who may have felt it to be particularly appropriate since they ruled from the… …   First names dictionary Urban of Langres — Infobox Saint name= Saint Urban of Langres birth date= 327 death date= ca. 390 feast day= April 2; 23 January in Langres venerated in= Roman Catholic Church imagesize= 250px caption= birth place= death place= titles= beatified date= beatified… …   Wikipedia Saints Row 2 — Infobox VG title = Saints Row 2 caption = Saints Row 2 box art resolution = developer = Volition, Inc. publisher = THQ designer = Volition, Inc. series = Saints Row engine = Custom, Havok platforms = Microsoft Windowscite web | url =… …   Wikipedia Saints Row (video game) — This article is about the 2006 video game. For the video game s series as a whole, see Saints Row (series) Infobox VG| title = Saints Row developer = Volition publisher = THQ designer = Volition engine = Rendering Custom Physics Havok Foliage… …   Wikipedia Saints, Seine-et-Marne — French commune nomcommune=Saints x = 151 y = 76 lat long=coord|48|45|34|N|3|3|4|E insee=77433 cp=77120 région=Île de France département=Seine et Marne arrondissement=Meaux canton=Coulommiers maire=Bernard Jacotin mandat=2008 2014… …   Wikipedia Urban VIII — (Maffeo Barberini) 1568 1644, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1623 44. * * * ▪ pope original name  Maffeo Barberini  baptized April 5, 1568, Florence died July 29, 1644, Rome  pope from 1623 to 1644.       The son of an aristocratic Florentine family …   Universalium Urban Development —    The interdynastic clashes among rulers in medieval western Europe, development of early forms of industrialization in the textile trade, and migration from countryside to town to meet the labor demands of the latter comprise the central… …   Historical Dictionary of Brussels Pope Urban II — Urban II Papacy began March 1088 Papacy ended 29 July 1099 Predecessor Victor III Successor …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”