Over 3,000 young people gathered for North Colombia Union’s youth and university students congress Aug. 11-14, 2022, at the Libertad Adventist School Auditorium in Bucaramanga, Colombia. [Photo: North Colombia Union]
Thousands of young people and university students took part in a recent regional Youth Congress in Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia. Coined as “I Choose To Be Faithful,” the event drew more than 3,000 from throughout the northern part of Colombia to meet at Libertad Adventist School on Aug. 11-14, 2022. Attendees were taught how to use technology to witness, use new communication and service skills and disciple others to deepen their knowledge of Christ and fulfill the mission of spreading the gospel.
Young people traveled from throughout north Colombia to attend the congress. [Photo: North Colombia Union]
The program included worship, praise, prayer sessions, training and study of the Bible during the four-day event. Young people also took part in testifying through cleaning activities in parks, activities for children, as well as distribution of literature in various communities.
L-R: Pastors Hiram Ruiz, public campus ministries director and Al Powell, youth ministries director, of the Inter-American Division and Mauricio Buitrago, youth ministries director of the North Colombia Union stand on stage while the pledge for the youth is recited. [Photo: North Colombia Union]
Keynote speakers included Pastors Hiram Ruiz, public campus ministries director, Al Powell, youth ministries director from the Inter-American Division, Jorge Luis Rodríguez, IADPA editor and Pastor Daniel Cayrus, chaplain from Colombian Adventist University.
A musical group leads in worship during the congress event. [Photo: North Colombia Union]
Pastor Alejando Medina Villareal, author and faculty member for the postgraduate program at Montemorelos University in Mexico, reminded attendees that a youth congress helps them know who they are and who they belong to.
Youth delegates pause for prayer during the congress event. [Photo: North Colombia Union]
“It is necessary that in the end times in which we are living that young people make the decision to be faithful to God and follow the leading of the Holy Spirit,” Buitrago said.
To view the videos, watch the online transmission of the event, go to Hope Media Colombia YouTube Channel