JOIN THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT 
& TRANSFORM THE WORLD WITH ACTION.

YOU(TH) 
MATTER


Wherever you are, young people are there. And if you don't connect with, invest in, develop, and launch them, you will miss out on an irreplaceable, irrecoverable opportunity to change someone's life, to change your life, to change the world.  Young people matter, and when we invest in them in ways that work, depending on them to make a difference, every young person wins. And so do you.

THE MOVEMENT 
STARTS HERE

So, how do you begin? Below are a few of the best ways to get started. 

VOLUNTEER

The best way to get started is with action. Start by finding the closest Boy With a Ball team to you and volunteer with Love Your City.

FIND THE CLOSEST TEAM

FIVE TOOLS YOU NEED GROW

We have found five keys that all leaders need in order to live a life of love and meaningful impact. We call them the Forgotten Pieces. Designed as a field manual, the five things in this book are sure to jump-start you into changemaking.

GET THE BOOK

JOIN A GROWING TRIBE OF 
LEADERS LIKE YOU

Sign up to receive the Missional Leaders newsletter and get tools, resources, and stories sent straight to you every month.

JOIN

STORIES TO INSPIRE YOURS

“It is easy to think of Love Your City as a movement that impacts the community and the participants of the programs…but it really, truly impacts the volunteers [too], my life changed because of Love Your City.”
MARIA LAO, CHANGEMAKER SINCE 2018
Instantly, Melissa felt suited for Love Your City because, “God had developed this passion in me for loving and caring for people who don’t have anyone alongside them, [someone] who might care to know the surface level things happening in their life but then also the things that are harder.”
MELISSA LONG, CHANGEMAKER SINCE 2022
I saw myself called to help young people, especially to find out and discover their purpose in life and then to reach their dreams.
IFEANYI ANEKE, CHANGEMAKER SINCE 2014

WHERE IT COULD GROW

There are so many ways for you to grow as a missional leader and be part of a world-changing movement. Find your next steps here.

COME TO THE 
LOVE YOUR CITY 
CONFERENCE

The Love Your City Conference is a gathering of young people, marketplace leaders, and missional leaders who come together to share, learn, and go out together to impact the community. Gather with other missional leaders like you who have a passion to change the world with action.

Learn more

TRAIN YOUR TEAM 
OR SMALL GROUP

Throughout our story, we have come into innovations and tools that will help you impact others. Bring the Boy With a Ball team to your city for a workshop built for you.

Find a Workshop

REACH YOUNG 
PEOPLE MONTH
AFTER MONTH

Every $1 invested in young people creates a 700% impact. Give $10 a month, and reach young people around the world.

Become a champion

GO ON A
LOVE YOUR CITY 
TRIP

Whether you are a leader of a youth group or part of a small group, you can take a Love Your City Trip to one of our Boy With a Ball Teams. Focused on learning to live out the Forgotten Pieces, you will serve alongside world-changing leaders in some of the world's most hurting neighborhoods.

Take a Trip

THE EIGHT 
STANDARDS FOR 
DEVELOPING 
YOUTH

It matters how we invest in young people, and we have found eight standards that will transform your church, classroom, neighborhood, and beyond.

Visit the HYRO Hub

FIND TOOLS 
TO GROW

Find workshops, podcasts, and interviews from leaders around the world that you can use to learn what it might look like for you to launch as a changemaker who ignites city-wide movements to transform hurting neighborhoods.

Start learning