Youth MInistries

IMN Student Ministries recently went through a name change from Red Culture Iowa. This change is to bring further clarity and alignment with the Iowa Ministry Network's mission to encourage and equip churches and leaders to reach and disciple the next generation


Motivated by the power and love of Christ, we are on a mission to equip and encourage local ministers to lead healthy churches that embody the words of Jesus in order to see communities transformed. As a staff and team, we are deeply and utterly committed to seeing the local church move forward in the state of Iowa. We truly believe that through the power of the Holy Spirit, the local church is the hope of the world. We are passionate about helping to equip and encourage leaders in the state of Iowa as they lead local churches to see communities, our state, and ultimately our world changed. Our desire is to be a resource to the local church however we can.


Through strategic leadership initiatives, events, experiences, coaching, community outreach and mission, we are partnering with the local church to invest in the next generation.

Speed The Light

The concept is simple: we give so others can speed the light of the gospel to a world in darkness. This is accomplished by providing the "essential transportation and creative communication" equipment for missionary evangelism. Through modern transportation, radio, television, print, audio, and digital equipment, our missionaries can help make Jesus known.


Speed the Light is the student-initiated, volunteer, charitable program that provides much-needed equipment to missionaries across the nation and in over 180 countries around the world. It began in 1944 after Ralph Harris, then head of the National Youth Ministries department, prayed for a way to give Assemblies of God students the opportunity to help missionaries in their work.


Speed the Light operates with one guiding principle: all assistance must go to purchase equipment directly related to evangelism ("evangelism" is defined as propagating the gospel and instructing converts). Speed the Light equipment has not been nor is presently given for promotion, solicitation, or normal administrative functions. 


If our missionaries are going to get to those who do not yet know Jesus, it will be because of Speed the Light. Every missionary in the Assemblies of God will at some point fly, drive, or float to their destination in transportation that has been provided to them by our churches and students through Speed the Light. Airplanes, cars, vans, motorcycles, bicycles, trucks, buses, boats, horses, camels, donkeys, wheel barrows, etc...if it has wheels or hooves and can carry a missionary to a country, city, town, village, or under a card board box where someone is waiting to hear about Jesus, Speed the Light has provided it. Simply put, we give so our missionaries can travel faster, preach clearer, and be heard louder in order for all to know Jesus. 


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Resources

Resources for sermons, media, event promo, and STL are available on our google drive.