Urban Youth Collaborative (UYC) is an outreach youth ministry founded by Rev. Dr. Nate Landis in 2009. UYC brings the good news of Jesus into one hundred public middle and high schools in San Diego, Tijuana, and Atlanta.
This network of local churches supports student-led bible studies on public school campuses across San Diego. Volunteer youth pastors lend support to more than 75 clubs for discussions on faith during lunchtime and after school. Some 2,500 middle and high school students are taught skills for this life and the next.
Our mission is to win students to Christ, especially those from disadvantaged communities, connect them to a local church where they can grow as disciples, and mobilize them as servant leaders who transform their schools, families, and communities. By showing Jesus’ love in practical ways, UYC has grown to reach thousands of students every week through life-changing relationships. An expanding coalition of local churches, campus allies, student leaders, devoted staff, and gospel patrons makes this ministry possible.