About Trailhead
How Trailhead started
With a youth pastor at a football game in 1974. Here’s the rest, how we work and who leads us.
Our story
It started at a football game
In 1974, a youth pastor named Bill started going to his town’s high school football games. He didn’t preach. He sat in the stands, learned names, and drove kids home afterwards.
Those friendships became a weekly club in his living room, then a week at a borrowed camp. Today volunteer leaders in about a hundred countries do the same thing: go where teenagers are, and keep going.
What guides us
How we work
01
Go to them
We go where teenagers already are.
02
Friendship comes first
We keep showing up, for years.
03
Jesus
We tell them about him, clearly and without pressure.
04
Fun
Laughing together builds trust.
05
Discipleship
Helping them grow.
06
Everyone
Teen parents, kids with disabilities, kids nobody else is looking for.
86%
of every dollar goes straight to programs
Financial integrity
Where your gift goes
Audited every year, and every leader follows strict child-safety rules.
Read our annual reportLeadership
Leadership
Leaders who like teenagers.
Josh
President
Kelly
Ministry
Marcus
Camps
Ana
International
Ben
College
Jade
Teen Parents
Luis
Urban
Rae
Safety
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