four12

Youth

Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity. – 1 Timothy 4:12

Four12 Global exists to equip the saints for the work of the ministry – this includes the teenagers and young adults of our partnering churches. With this in mind, this page features recommended resources specifically geared and relevant for youth and youth leaders to read, watch or listen to. Among the featured resources are upcoming youth events and messages from the Youth Leader Equips focussed on encouraging, spurring on and better equipping the Youth Leaders as they lead the young people in their local context.

Grant Baker holding a microphone and speaking against a red background with the title 'A Powerful Gospel'

Global Youth Leaders Equip 2025

Awaken to live boldly, endure faithfully, and be sent by God.

01 MikeDavies RebelsWithaCause 1920x1080

01 Rebels With a Cause

Mike Davies

Michael d'Offay speaking into a handheld microphone, gesturing with his right hand against a red backdrop showing the session

02 How Perseverance is Possible

Michael d'Offay

Grant Baker holding a microphone and speaking against a red background with the title 'A Powerful Gospel'

03 A Powerful Gospel

Grant Baker

Shaun Brauteseth speaking into a microphone with red background and 'Send Me Lord' title

04 Send Me Lord

Shaun Brauteseth

Speaker Carel Albertyn wearing a cap and glasses holding a microphone on stage beside the title 'The Life in the Spirit'

05 The Life in the Spirit

Carel Albertyn

All Youth Equips

Relive Youth Equip moments and messages

Four young people walking by a corrugated metal wall, one holding a skateboard and another a boombox, with an RSA Youth

2024 RSA Youth Leaders Equip

Training and strengthening leaders to lead and shape our youth.

Person standing on rocky shore at sunset beside crashing ocean waves, with an F12 Global Youth Leaders Equip ’22 banner

2022 Global Youth Leaders Equip

Aimed at equipping Youth Leaders with real answers to tough questions, the Global Youth Leaders Equip was...

Two people indoor rock climbing on a red and grey wall with an F12 Global Youth Leaders Equip ’21 banner

2021 Global Youth Leaders Equip

The 2021 Global Youth Leaders Equip was an incredible time encouraging the youth leaders to hold fast...

Eight young people walking side by side on an open car park under an overcast sky with an RSA YOUTH LEADERS EQUIP '20 banner

2020 RSA Youth Leaders Equip

Encouraging messages spurring on the Youth Leaders from the 2020 RSA Youth Leaders Equip.

Equip the Next Generation

Partnering Church Programmes

Our Four12 partners offer various 1-2 year programmes aimed at training up the younger generation in life and ministry. Depending on the programme, students will have the opportunity to grow in their faith and theology, learn important relational skills, grow in their gifting, serve in their local churches, and go on outreaches into disadvantaged communities and relating Four12 churches. All of this while also forging life-long friendships with their team.

Recommend Reading

Faith-building reads for young disciples and those leading them.

Two children sitting in church pews wearing Halloween costumes, one with skeleton face paint and one in a witch hat, adults

Tricks, Treats & Compromise

Shaun Brauteseth

Why do we have such a hard time separating ourselves from the world?

Person in ornate blue and gold carnival mask among a blurred crowd, others wearing masks in the background

Without Masks

Michael d'Offay

What does true Christian fellowship look like?

Young boy standing with arms folded beside an adult's legs in front of a blackboard titled 'Lambs Are Sheep Too'

Lambs Are Sheep Too

Our role as the church in training children (lambs) to become actively involved in church life.

Close-up of a thoughtful teenage boy in a dark hoodie holding the hood at his throat

Parenting in a Contrary Culture

Is it possible to raise God-centred kids with so many competing influences?

Black man in denim jacket and blue hoodie tossing a microphone, with overlaid text 'Truth Without Grace' and 'By Shaun

Truth Without Grace

Shaun Brauteseth

Do we follow the example of Jesus when fighting for truth?

Two men facing each other shouting into illustrated megaphones with overlaid title text 'Your Truth, My Truth' and 'By Luke

Your Truth, My Truth

Is our lived experience the most significant and authoritative way of arriving at the truth?

Five young people sitting on a bench above colourful shopping bags, each using a mobile phone or tablet

Behold, My Stuff!

Dan Matthews, Luke Hulley

Where are you storing up your treasures?

Person in a hoodie and shorts standing on a reflective wet beach looking out to a dramatic cloudy sunrise over the sea

A Good Friend of God

You may be a friend of God, but are you a good friend to God?

Person jogging on a wet road through misty trees, with overlaid text ‘Discipline & Grace’ and ‘By Christopher Neethling’

Discipline & Grace

Christopher Neethling

Understanding Godly disciplines like reading the Bible, community, fellowship and prayer in light of grace.

Rusted iron ball and chain attached to a barefoot ankle on a wooden floor, overlaid text 'Fear Not' and 'By William Marais'

Fear Not

The power of God’s Word to conquer fear.

Woman looking into a mirror that reflects the face of a lion

Reflecting His Beauty

Maurice & Juliette Ras

What does the Bible say to women about femininity & beauty?

Silhouetted man in a hat leaning against a sunlit brick wall with overlay text “Kissing Jesus Goodbye” and “By Shaun

Kissing Jesus Goodbye

Shaun Brauteseth

What lessons can we learn for our own journey of faith when we see influential leaders crash and burn?

Hillside pasture with sheep in a wooden pen and overlaid text: “Religion, Relationship and Reality” by Shaun Brauteseth

Religion, Relationship and Reality

Shaun Brauteseth

"It's not religion - it's relationship." Is this popular phrase true?

Two young people in a dim café, one looking at a smartphone; overlaid text reads 'Saints on Social Media' and 'By Adam

Saints on Social Media

How can we best represent Christ on social media and avoid its pitfalls?

Child sitting on a bed holding and reading a worn Holy Bible, face partly hidden behind the book

For the Bible Tells Me So

Shaun Brauteseth

How far is too far in accommodating the message of the Gospel to the modern, post-Christian audience?