{"id":1541,"date":"2026-02-26T09:57:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baptisten.at\/our-ministries\/children-and-youth-deparment\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:43:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:43:58","slug":"children-and-youth-deparment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/baptisten.at\/en\/our-ministries\/children-and-youth-deparment\/","title":{"rendered":"Children and Youth Deparment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Children and Youth Deparment of the Austrian Baptist Union<\/strong> (KJW) is one of the ministry projects within Austrian Baptist Aid.<\/p>\n<p>We want to support young people in Austria, Europe and worldwide in their individual life situations, help them to discover their potential and support them in living their lives for and with Jesus. A section of the department is deliberately dedicated to minors with a refugee background and those who come from challenging social backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>The KJW accompanies churches in their ministries with children and young people and supports the volunteers with training, advice and resources.<\/p>\n<p>You can find more information about current offers such as camps and training courses at <a href=\"https:\/\/kjw-baptisten.at\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kjw-baptisten.at.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/baptisten.at\/en\/our-ministries\/student-ministry\/\">Next<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Children and Youth Deparment of the Austrian Baptist Union (KJW) is one of the ministry projects within Austrian Baptist Aid. We want to support young people in Austria, Europe and worldwide in their individual life situations, help them to discover their potential and support them in living their lives for and with Jesus. 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