Global Institute for Youth Leadership

SERVE THE LORD WITH US!

The Global Institute allows you to be able to grow personally through Christ, while also being able to build many life skills and competencies as you serve. You also have the opportunity to pursue online classes with Brewton-Parker as well. Join us to help serve this generation of youth while also building experience and your career!

Here at the Global Institute we believe that everything begins in your relationship with Christ. Global offers many classes and life building skills that allow you to grow in your relationship with God and also reveals a lot you may not have known about yourself! As a first year Intern, you have classes focused on self growth and how to lead yourself. As a second year intern, you are discipling the first years and lead those around you. The Global Institute offers seminars, discipleship, mentor time, ministry moments, and the opportunity to serve in one of our departments! All of these things give us the opportunity to grow individually and together towards one common goal; Reaching the 2.3 Billion Youth!

CHARACTER

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

Christ grew in 4 areas, Luke 2:52. We call these our “4 Pillars” of growth. You will learn to follow His example as you begin to lead others. This develops who you are on inside. It helps you have integrity, grow in your spiritual life and who you are as a person.

SERVICE AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT

Personal Discipleship is the first step toward true leadership. Discipleship is foremost about character development. Are you willing to enter into accountability with a group of like-minded interns and leaders?

You will build your resume through service in Global’s ministry departments: Program, Retreat Center, and Missions. These offer a wide variety of skill development opportunities.

CONFIDENCE

CONFIDENCE DEVELOPMENT

We provide college-level seminars that will benefit you in business, principles and becoming more confident in scripture and your relationship with Christ. Your confidence determines your faith. At Global you also gain scriptural confidence by scripture memorization and seminars.

SERVICE AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT

Our seminars are the foundation for active ministry with youth in multiple settings. Depending on the semester, we will engage with local churches in both weekly programming and special events like these:

Disciple Now weekends
Youth Retreats
Youth Rallies
Christian School Chapel Services
Summer Global Youth Camps

COMPETENCE

COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT

We want to expose your many different skill sets that will benefit you in business and ministry, whether vocational or volunteer. This is the ability to do things well, and going above and beyond to do them right the first time.

SERVICE AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT

Reaching the youth of the nations is our heartbeat. Depending on the semester, you will have opportunities to put your learning into practice by:

Ministering in Local Mission projects
Serving our own Campus Guests & Groups
Stateside Mission Opportunities
International Projects (10 days to 3 months)

All mission projects are selected with both the field needs and the interests and mission goals of our interns & staff in mind.

College Partnership with Brewton-Parker College

If you would like to know more about Brewton-Parker visit their website by using the link below!

Brewton-Parker College Website

Who attends?

We provide training for…

Youth Ministers

College Bound Students

Mentors Abroad Program

Youth Ministers as Mentor Trainers

Seminary Students

Vocational Ministers

Bi-Vocational Ministers

Non-Vocational Ministers

Youth Ministry College Majors & Minors

International Youth Ministry Leaders

Institute Preview Day

Visiting our campus will provide you with first-hand experience of our Institute. Visitors are advised to wear comfortable clothing and shoes as we are on mountainous terrain.

Come and visit us on March 22, 2025. We’d love to see you there. Scroll using the white arrows to the right to see the program and RSVP.

Schedule Of Activities for our Official Institute Preview Day

8:45 am	Breakfast/Registration
9:15 am	Welcome and Overview
10:00 am	Mock Seminar/Campus Tour Split
12:00 pm	Chapel
12:25 pm	Parent and Student Q&A Split
12:35 pm	Lunch
1:05 pm	Giveaway
1:15 pm	Financial Questions
2:50 pm	Dismiss

In order for us to prepare for your visit and to insure that space is available, we request that you reserve your spot PRIOR to your visit.

Click here to RSVP.

Please call our office at 706-422-5223 We look forward to seeing you here!

Faculty

Meet the Faculty and some of the Guest Lecturers

Roger Glidewell

Roger served as Youth Pastor in churches for 25 years before founding Global Youth Ministry in 1994 to disciple youth. He taught at Union University for 8 years, forming its first youth ministry major. In 2005, he founded the Global Institute for Youth Leadership to further develop young leaders and to send missionaries abroad. Roger is a founding member of Metro Youth Ministers’ Association and is a member of the Association of Youth Ministry Educators. He gradated from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary with a M.R.E. degree. Roger is a published author of multiple ministry books as well as curriculum series and other publications. Roger and his wife Kathi have two grown sons.

Dr. Danny Cochran

Pastor Danny grew up in Dalton, GA where he came to know Christ at nineteen. He has served three churches during his thirty-nine years of pastoral ministry with Holly Creek Baptist Church in Chatsworth, GA being his pastorate. Danny has been involved in mission trips to Romania, Russia, Honduras and Costa Rica. He has also led study groups to Israel. In addition to working in his church, Pastor Danny teaches for the Leavell College of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary as well as Piedmont International University where he is completing the Ph.D. degree. He is a graduate of Luther Rice Seminary and Liberty Theological Seminary where he completed the Doctor of Ministry Degree. When not busy preaching or teaching, he loves to roam the North Georgia Mountains with his coon hounds or going to the gym. He is married to Tina Cochran. They have two married sons and three granddaughters. Ezra 7:10 is his life verse.

David Caywood

David Caywood has been involved in ministry since 2005. He has served in churches in several states such as Indiana, South Carolina, and North Carolina. He has been on the staff with Global Youth Ministry since 2019. David has also served on many mission trips all over the world but more extensively in Central America. He has earned degrees from King University and Liberty University. He has been married to his lovely wife Nikki Caywood since 2007 and they have two children.

Mark Worsley

Mark Worsley has been in Youth Ministry for over 30 years. He has served as a youth pastor, associate pastor, and senior pastor in 4 different churches. He attended the Baptist College of Florida and Andersonville Theological Seminary, and has a bachelors degree in theology. He has a great passion for teaching and training youth leaders. Mark has recently joined on staff here at Global Youth Ministry and he is well loved here. He is married to Roxanne Worsley who is also on staff here at Global Youth Ministry, they have been married for 43 years, have 3 kids and 9 grandchildren.

Areas of Growth

Luke 2:52

Growing Spiritually, we value submission to God in our spiritual life. Devotion is developed and maintained by daily nurture of our relationship with God.

Guard Your Schedule, Spending and Study Habits, we believe that diligence in study habits is a worthy goal.

Give Sacrificially, we believe that God created every individual with intrinsic sacred value.

Grace Your Space, we value personal responsibility and recognize the individual’s need for physical, intellectual, spiritual, social, and emotional health. We vale the full development of every resident in terms of a confident and constructive self image, of a commitment to self-disciple and of a responsible self-expression.

If you are a college student, recent graduate or international student, we encourage you to apply. All academic youth ministry majors are welcome.