The YFC Teen Parents ministry connects trained adults with pregnant girls and teenage parents in programs designed to help them make good choices and establish a solid foundation, not only in their lives, but also in the lives of their babies. Like every ministry of YFC, Teen Parents seeks to engage these young people wherever they are found as life-long followers of Jesus Christ.

The rate of pregnancy among American teens is almost twice that of English and nearly four times that of French teenagers (Singh and Darroch, 2000). Pregnancy is only one aspect of the situation. The majority of the teens will go through with their pregnancy and choose to be the primary caregiver.

We must come along side them and assist them to become the best moms and dads that they can. In 2001 there were 175 ministry sites throughout the U.S. Thousands of teenage parents are participating in local ministries. Some communities are ministering to four to ten teens while others are working with hundreds.

Pam is a life long Kansan (except for two years spent in Anchorage, Alaska). She has been married to Scott for 35 years. They are the proud parents of four children and grandparents to two perfect grandchildren!

Through circumstances in her own life, God developed a passion in Pam’s heart for pregnant and parenting teens. For over five years she was a volunteer counselor at the Pregnancy Crisis Center in Wichita. After spending thirty years as a stay-at-home mom, God presented the opportunity to come on staff at Youth for Christ-Wichita. September 2003 she became Teen Parents Coordinator and began ministering to teen parents and their children. In October 2004, Pam completed the requirements to become a credentialed missionary for YFC. She became director of the Teen Parents Program in April 2005.

Pam continues to be humbled that God uses her to minister to these hurting, lost youth, most of whom don’t have a stable, loving family to support them through this difficult time in their lives. These teens are trying to fill the void in their lives with things of the world; however, YFC continually teaches and models that it’s Jesus who is missing in the lives of these moms.

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