Bishop RE Howard, General Overseer - Church of God of Prophecy

YHT Dominican Republic
On February 4–7, YHT traveled to the Dominican Republic
and was offered concurrently to the National Youth Convention.
More than 350 youth leaders from across the nation participated
in the training event. During the day, general sessions and
workshops provided training in the areas of ministry vision,
leadership, youth culture, safety, administration,
and crisis counseling. During the evening,
YHT participants joined an arena of 3,500
young people to celebrate and worship at the National Youth
Convention. All events were held on the national property in
Santo Domingo.
On Thursday evening, Aileen Reid, International Youth
Ministries Co-Director, presented a teaching session entitled,
“Understanding Their Culture, Hearing Their Cries,” which
provided attendees with an overview of the challenges facing
our youth in our postmodern culture. Issues of relationships,
media influence, and sexuality were presented.
On Friday evening, Esther Rondon, the newly appointed National
Youth Ministries Leader of Dominican Republic, brought a challenge
to the young people to be soldiers in God’s army, capable of doing
spiritual warfare and engaging the enemy in these last days.
On Saturday evening, Trevor Reid, International Youth
Ministries Co-Director, preached a sermon entitled “Receive
the Spirit of Elijah.” The ministry’s national stadium, which
housed the event, was charged with an atmosphere of
expectation. Thousands of young men and women filled
the altar and stage area seeking God for salvation,
deliverance, and anointing to serve God with power.
Each workshop and general session was marked with participants
eager to learn and a desire to develop as ministry leaders.
Throughout the day, moments of powerful prayer would erupt,
indicating the hunger of these leaders to be
fully engaged in this last days harvest.
The teaching team for the Dominican
Republic YHT consisted of Trevor and Aileen
Reid, Valerie Moreno, Shaun McKinley, and
William Lamb. Lucas Leys, Latin American
author and speaker for Youth Specialties,
participated as a general session guest presenter.
YHT is the formal training arm of the
International Youth Ministries for all levels
of youth and camping ministry leadership.
Article written by Shaun McKinley
Trevor and Aileen Reid
International Youth Ministry Co-Directors