One pastor described the dangers and chaos of our culture saying, “It’s a zoo out there!” You know full well that youth are like lambs being led to the slaughter in our secular society. The influence of our culture is turning youth against their families, churches, and God. Their minds are being captured by the world views of humanism. The end result is immorality, rejection of Christ, rebellion, and all the other things associated with these. Sadly, even promising young leaders for Christ too often stumble in the faith and fall away especially if they go to a secular college. They get bombarded with questions in philosophy class about how they know there is a God and why a loving God allows pain and suffering. In science classes Biblical creation is ridiculed while well reasoned evidence for evolution is taught. Daily they are challenged to explain why they believe, to give an answer, to defend their conclusions. It is not a zoo, its a war, and it is a wonder that more young people do not abandon their faith in Christ. How can we help our youth? The Leadership Training Institute of America is helping youth fight the good fight in world view warfare. Every year, LTIA gathers up to forty bright, promising, spiritual, young leaders will be preparing themselves for war. This is not just another youth camp. We are looking for youth desiring to do more for God, showing potential as leaders, and searching for meaningful answers to life’s basic questions. How is LTIA different from other youth camps? Most camps for youth are focused on saving their souls and challenging them to overcome carnality. LTIA is for youth already saved and already convinced that serving Christ is the right thing to do. We are providing a rare opportunity to prepare young adult Christians for leadership roles in their families, churches, and communities. LTIA youth are trained to know why as well as what they believe. They are trained to share and defend Biblical truths with answers that secular and skeptical minds will listen to. Is LTIA all study and no fun? LTIA is fun in the classroom, on tours, and during recreation breaks. Lectures are interactive and very stimulating. Students are challenged to think and to reason through problems. Students have such a great time that in most programs every student asks for another week and can hardly wait for the next one. Our staff provides a balanced schedule of classroom learning, recreation, and personal fellowship. The topics may sound heavy duty, but the training is a blast. How much does it cost? The tuition is $395. This covers all costs for the week: food, room, speaker fees, recreation, snacks, graduation awards, and field trips in and around the Capitol. Speakers in previous years included Howard Phillips, three time presidential nominee for the Constitution Party; John Stormer, author of None Dare Call It Treason; Author and nationally syndicated columnist Cal Thomas; U.S. Senator and Attorney General John Ashcroft; and U.S. Federal Appeals Court judge Lavenski Smith; Tom Jipping of Free Congress; U.S. Ambassador Lichenstein to the United Nations; and Colonel Ron Ray, the first Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan. The leaders that LTIA students interact with are often, and for most, rare lifetime encounters. Are LTIA programs worth attending? LTIA has been commended by U.S. Senator John Ashcroft who addressed the 105th Congress saying that LTIA “…is a model initiative that, with the help of Scripture and sound guidance, teaches young people the tenets of good leadership and good citizenship. It motivates youth to esteem virtues of honor, morality, compassion, faithfulness, integrity, discipline, and respect for the sanctity of life.” Students receive invaluable training that will establish a foundation for continued learning, leadership, and spiritual development. |
