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Teen Mania
1986 - 1989
The Early Years
In 1988 Teen Mania Ministries was founded in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Ron and Katie Luce. The next summer, 60 teenagers went on the first Teen Mania missions trip to Guatemala. In the fall of 1988, the internship started with a class of six participants. At the time, the internship was called "Leadership 20/20".
1990 - 1994
The Season of ATF
The first Acquire the Fire convention took place in the fall of 1991. Over the years, ATF has grown to reach hundreds of thousands of teenagers each year.
1995 - 1998
The Move
On Labor Day Weekend, 1996, Teen Mania Ministries moved from Tulsa, Oklahoma to Garden Valley, Texas.
1999 - 2001
New Chapter
April 14 & 15, 1999 was the weekend of Teen Mania's first dome event, "Day One". Over 75,000 teenagers packed the Silverdome in Pontiac, MI. A year later, in April 2000, Teen Mania had it's second dome event, "StandUP" at the Silverdome. In the summer of 2000 we saw over 5000 teenagers go on missions trips to over 32 countries worldwide. In March 2001, Teen Mania hosted a dome event at Tropicana Field in Florida. One out of every 48 teenagers in the state of Florida attended "StandUP Florida". Teen Mania also started a music label and a weekly television show for teenagers.
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Founder of Teen Mania
Ron holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Theology and a Masters in Counseling Psychology from the University of Tulsa. He was raised in a broken home and received Jesus Christ at the age of 16. He has authored 12 books and has appeared repeatedly on TV and radio programs such as the 700 Club, the ATF weekly program on TBN and Focus on the Family. Teen Mania has taken thousands of young people to 35 countries and witnessed over 823,973 people give their lives to Christ. Ron has been married for 15 years to his beautiful wife Katie and they have three children, Hannah, Charity, and Cameron
Honor Academy:
Forging Leaders for the new Millennium
Each year young men and women come from across the United States, and the world, to challenge themselves at Teen Mania Honor Academy.
This is what they see.
Core Values
Faith
We receive direction, provision, and motivation directly from God and His Word to take the Gospel to the world.
Integrity
We are who we say we are, and we always do the right thing, regardless of expediency.
Relationships
We have servants' attitudes, and we go to heroic lengths to meet the needs of others.
Vision
We dare to dream as big as God dreams and we believe that with God on our side we can achieve the impossible.
Excellence
We demand of ourselves uncompromising quality and we strive to be people who demonstrate excellence in everything we do.
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