Youth Alive South Australia has experienced a significant year of growth and breakthrough in 2025. This season has been intentionally shaped around the book of Acts, especially Acts 2:42: “All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer.” We have been praying for a fresh unity and devotion among churches, youth ministries, Youth Pastors, leaders, and young people across South Australia and we are seeing this come to pass.
This year, we reached more young people with the gospel of Jesus than ever before. Over 1,000 young people made decisions to follow Christ, pastors and leaders were discipled and supported and thousands encountered the presence of God across all our events and gatherings.
2025 marked a pivotal year with the launch of regional gatherings in five areas across the state. We create opportunities and events for Youth Pastors and leaders to connect, build relationships, and strengthen one another. We also expanded Stadium 25 into two statewide rally nights, increasing capacity to reach more young people. The year concluded with a powerful, Spirit-filled conference that left our state marked with hunger for more of God.
We continue to strengthen and expand our ministry arms, such as Youth Alive Academy, Youth Alive Schools Programs through resourcing initiatives to equip local churches, raise emerging leaders and support ministries across South Australia.
My heartfelt thanks goes to every church, Youth Pastor, leader, staff member, and volunteer who has partnered with us this year. Your dedication to the young people of our state is inspiring. Your faith, sacrifice, and passion are the foundation of all God is doing through Youth Alive SA.
I pray you are encouraged and stirred as you read this Impact Report. Together, we believe for even greater things in the year ahead. The best days are still to come for Youth Alive South Australia!
This year marked the launch of the Youth Alive Resilient Program, created to help students in Years 7–10 build confidence, resilience, respect, and positive relationships, while empowering them to make positive life choices and set meaningful goals for their future.
In 2025, the program was delivered across four schools - St. Columbus College, Temple Christian College (Paralowie), Charles Campbell College, and Southern Vales Christian College — engaging approximately 370 students in total.
Across these schools, four programs were presented, equating to twelve sessions overall. Youth Alive looks forward to continuing to strengthen partnerships with these schools and expanding the program’s reach and impact in 2026.
In addition to this, during our Schools Tour, in the lead up to Stadium 25 we visited 6 schools, presenting the gospel to approximately 2800 students, leading to an incredible 276 salvations
2025 has been a momentous year for Youth Alive Academy! We have seen 7 different churches partner with Youth Alive Academy as our students have faithfully served in their local church in their chosen area of ministry development.
The Academy students have also played an integral role in serving at our Youth Alive outreach events across the year. With the re-launch of United Nights across the various regions of South Australia, this year we have run the most Youth Alive events in over 5 years! These events would not have been made possible without the servant hearts of our Academy students. Our School of Missions students went on an incredible trip to Japan in September with students from across the nation, sharing the Gospel and encouraging local churches. This is the beginning of such an incredible season at Youth Alive Academy! We cannot wait for what God is about to do in 2026!
Many students from this year's cohort will also be continuing another year of Youth Alive Academy in 2026!
Jemima Parker, Youth Alive SA Academy Director
