Young Adults Network
A network for what God is already doing.
YAN connects the young-adult ministries, groups, pastors, and leaders already serving cities across the country into one shared mission — city by city, starting in Atlanta.
The Movement
A movement, not a program.
YAN exists to connect the young-adult ministries, groups, and leaders that already exist in cities across the country into one shared mission. We're not asking your church to build something new — we're helping what God is already doing find each other. Your ministry keeps its name, its leadership, and its calling, in every city YAN takes root.
City by City
One movement. Every city its own.
YAN began in Atlanta — and the same movement is now taking root in new cities. Find yours below.
What We Do
Four ways we move together.
Connect
Building trusted relationships across ministries, groups, churches, and leaders.
Collaborate
Sharing resources, vision, opportunities, wisdom, and support.
Pray
Covering our cities, our churches, our leaders, and the next generation in prayer.
Impact
Helping young adults thrive, lead, and become deeply rooted in Christ and the local church.
How It Works
A simple, sustainable rhythm — in every city.
Existing leaders and groups join the network in their city.
The team learns who they serve, where they meet, and what they need.
Leaders connect through one or two monthly touchpoints.
Churches and ministries share prayer, resources, opportunities, and learning.
Young adults gain clearer pathways into healthy local community.
For the Glory of Jesus
“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. … that they may be one as we are one—I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.”
John 17:20–23 (NIV)
“Already the new men are dotted here and there all over the earth.”
— C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (1952), Book 4
What We Hold To
- Jesus is the center — every ministry we connect points back to Him, not to a program.
- Scripture and prayer come first — before strategy, before growth.
- Formation happens in community — no one is meant to lead, or grow, alone.
- The local church matters — YAN strengthens churches; it never replaces them.
- What's formed in one leader is meant to multiply into others — and one city into the next.
Condensed from Living Water Network's beliefs and formation model. The same foundation holds in every YAN city.
For the city. For His Kingdom.
Bring your ministry, your prayer, your resources, or your willingness to serve. Every city makes the movement stronger — including the next one.