Awana
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Awana is an international evangelical Christian nonprofit organization in child and youth discipleship. The headquarters are in St. Charles, Illinois, United States.
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Vinony files it under 1950 establishments in Illinois, Charities based in Illinois and Christian charities based in the United States.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- nonprofit organization
- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- St. Charles
- Revenue
- 30440374
- Legal form
- 501(c)(3) organization
- Official website
- www.awana.org
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- inception
- 1950-00-00
- social media followers
- 7350
- donations
- 11013972
- Commons category
- Awana
- total assets
- 17555680
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Awana is an international evangelical Christian nonprofit organization in child and youth discipleship. The headquarters are in St. Charles, Illinois, United States.
==History== In 1941, the children's program at the North Side Gospel Center in Chicago laid the foundation for the principles of Awana. Lance Latham, North Side's senior pastor, collaborated with the church's youth director, Art Rorheim, to develop weekly clubs that they believed would appeal to all children. Other churches became interested in the program and inquired about its availability. In 1950, Latham and Rorheim founded Awana as a parachurch organization. Rorheim served as president emeritus until his death on January 5, 2018.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Awana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.