May 13 – Young People

C-PROACTIF – Youth

Location: Paris region (75)

Represented by Anne-Marie Husson

Current Context

C-PROACTIF is a ministry dedicated to discipleship training for those in a professional atmosphere in France and other French-speaking areas in Europe and Africa. Working with churches, we provide training courses on professional commitment in a way that honors one’s faith and work-setting. TRAJECTOIRE (TRAJECTORY), is the principal project in our “C-PROACTIF-Youth” division and provides a specific program aimed at church youth. TRAJECTOIRE consists of 4 two-hour sessions aimed at the next generation, those about to enter the job market. SInce they face many challenges, we need to equip them, as disciples of Christ, to be able to discern their life mission (in the Church and/or in society) and make educational and professional choices that will enable them to fulfill that mission. 

Actions taken and results achieved in 2024

Since its creation in 2017, C-PROACTIF has been involved in supporting churches to help equip Christians in their various secular professions. To achieve this, we’ve developed a variety of discipleship resources and strategies, and formed many discipleship groups. Several hundred participants have benefited from our training courses, seminars and web conferences. Thanks to this ministry, their understanding of being on mission in the workplace has broadened, and they now see themselves as full-time servants of God in their professional lives. Although students and young professionals were not our initial focus, recognizing their immense needs, we developed TRAJECTOIRE to equip them. 

In 2024, approximately one hundred young people representing five churches across various denominations piloted TRAJECTOIRE. This program was formatted in a unique way, highlighting three complementary approaches: a theological approach to provide a biblical understanding of work, a psychological approach to help them recognize their God given talents and gifts, and a practical approach to guide them in asking key questions about their academic and professional futures. 

The mission of today’s Church is being carried out in an environment filled with challenges: overwhelming societal changes, transformations in society, numerous conflicts, economic, ethical and climatic crises, technological revolutions and more. Since the new generation will be confronted with these issues likely throughout their lifetime, as servants of the Lord, we must equip and arm them to face whatever may come ! 

• “TRAJECTOIRE has been a real blessing; it has helped me put words to the biblical meaning of work and share my professional adventure with Jesus as co-pilot of my professional life.” Thomas 
• “This journey helped them (students) put Christ back at the center of their school and professional projects. A further step towards full dedication.” Karin

Projects in 2025

We are currently working on making TRAJECTOIRE available to more churches with the hope that 5 new churches will be able to implement it in 2025. We pray that it will be so well known that it will become a must-have tool for all youth groups in French-speaking churches to adopt, within 5 years. 

Prayer request

Pray that TRAJECTOIRE will be received as a blessing by pastors and youth group leaders and implemented in order to help the younger generation enter into their calling. May it help them view their professional vocations as authentic calls from God and enable a group of disciples to be present in all aspects of society. May TRAJECTOIRE become a foundation for the new generation of French Christians to build upon. 

Further information 

1. C-PROACTIF on the Impact France website: impactfrance.org/c-proactif

2. C-PROACTIF website: c-proactif.org 

Agape Campus

Location: Lyon (69) and other French cities

Represented by Aaron Robinson and Noëlla Oudin

Current context

Agape Campus encourages Christian students to live out their faith and share it so that their peers can also discover Jesus. We are present in several cities in France (Lyon, Rennes, Paris, Montpellier, Toulouse, Corte, Marseille), with team members and students working on their campuses to help others discover, live for and share their faith in Jesus. 

Actions taken and results achieved in 2024

Agape Campus conferences resumed in 2024. The “Enraciné” (“Rooted”) conference took place in October in Montpellier and provided a wonderful opportunity for students and team members from different cities to get together, meditate on the Word, pray together and encourage each other. We hope and pray to repeat this experience in 2025 with even more students and continue to strengthen bonds while encouraging these young people to grow in their faith and be bold witnesses to the Gospel. 

In the midst of a generation of students marked by anxiety, disillusionment about the future and a loss of spiritual bearings, we pray that God will raise up student witnesses to the Gospel, rooted in His Word and love and renewed by His Spirit to shine in the midst of this chaos. We rejoice in seeing God at work in the lives of students like Anastasia*. 

Anastasia* is a student from a Christian family who attended Christian summer camps as a teenager. She joined our movement in September, 2023, participating in a Bible study group where God deepened her understanding of the Gospel in her own life. It’s wonderful to see the Holy Spirit strengthening her faith and giving her the confidence to do more than she had thought possible with God’s help. Today, she’s involved with Agape Campus in a variety of ways, including faithfully welcoming new members, leading evenings for 40 students, co-leading a small Bible study group and sharing her faith with a half-skeptical, half-curious friend. What a joy it is to see God’s work concretely in the young people of this generation! 

*Name changed 

The podcast, “Nos 2 Centimes” (Our 2 Cents) continues to grow as students listen to conversations that help them live out their relationships with others to the glory of God. 

Projects in 2025

Following the success of previous trips, we’re once again inviting believing or spiritually curious students the chance to walk the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain this summer. It will be a week centered around slowing down, embracing silence, meditating on the Bible and worshipping along the way. 

Prayer requests

1. Pray that God will raise up new young people to make a full-time commitment to serve, either for short-term or long-term ministry. 

2. Pray that our team members will be strengthened to accompany students in their journey of discipleship and evangelism.

Further information

1. Agapé Campus website: www.agapecampus.fr

2. questions2vie website: www.questions2vie.com

3. Nos 2 Centimes podcast

Youth Center – La Frégate (The Frigate)

Location: Saint-Lunaire, Brittany 

Represented by Jean-Marc Bogetto

Current context

La Frégate is a retreat center located in Brittany, 1.5km from the beach. We offer refreshing stays for all generations, led by dynamic, qualified teams. We provide opportunities to discover the coastline and local cultural heritage sites in addition to sports and artistic activities. Sailing has also been a staple activity of La Frégate since it was founded in 1967. Our programs are accessible to all, without discrimination, and the prices are adjusted to fit the needs of the family. We promote our Christian values through Bible-discovery workshops but also organize an alternative activity for those who are not yet believers. We are registered as a general non-profit association, utilizing volunteer work for the management of our stays.

For nearly 60 years, we’ve seen the Lord at work in lives, transforming them for His glory. La Frégate has seen the emergence of numerous pastoral vocations, significant decisions of commitment to Christ and turning from wrong living, and the birth of significant relationships. Even local churches in France have benefited from our center as some of our youth leaders become pastors, elders or deacons! Many young people also testify about La Frégate’s impact on their lives when they are baptized. 

The theme “Regeneration” is at the heart of La Frégate’s purpose: we were established to be a place of restoration, edification, and sharing. Whether it’s time to recharge your batteries or make a fresh start, La Frégate is a place where generations cross paths, passing on knowledge in many different ways, but always in a spirit of brotherhood and kindness. 

Lydia* has attended La Frégate since childhood. Born into a non-Christian family in great difficulty, she was placed with a Christian foster family who accompanied her on many occasions to La Frégate. The Lord has transformed Lydia. who is training at a Bible institute and will become a missionary. (*Name changed)

Actions taken and results achieved in 2024

We provide enriching experiences for young people through camps, Bible training, fellowship, and sports. These programs benefit children (ages 6 and up), teenagers, young adults, as well as families and seniors

In 2024, La Frégate was in use for 207 days of the year. During this time, nearly 50,000 meals were served, and 400 volunteers were involved in running the approximately 20 trips organized by our center, as well as church weekends, training courses, group visits, etc. We are planning to renovate some parts of our buildings, and since we secured a building permit in 2024, construction can begin this year. 

Projects in 2025

We want to continue to faithfully shine our light, offering times of training and rejuvenation in an inviting setting. Over the next 5 years, we are committed to reinforcing our infrastructure and increasing the number of year-round volunteers, so that we can continue to offer the best atmosphere possible. In 2025, the major construction project at La Frégate will begin.

Prayer requests

1. Pray for year-round volunteers, people who commit to giving 6 months, 9 months or a year to come and serve at La Frégate and for financial support, which is often a challenge.

2. Pray for fruit in the lives of those who visit in 2025: that a new generation will rise up, trained and enthusiastic to serve in the French-speaking world, and pray for wisdom in our projects and the success of our operations. 

Further information

1. La Frégate on the Impact France website: impactfrance.org/cdjproject 

2.  La Frégate Youth Center site: cdj5lu.com