The first year, in the summer of 1987, they took 30 kids to Guatemala. Within five years, they started the Acquire the Fire conferences, and 500 teens showed up. Teen Mania now takes about 15,000 youth on missions trips, and some 250,000 teens attend the conferences each year. He doesn't think there's any other ministry that gets as many kids involved. They can follow up and actually provide a next step, which is entering a life of service.
Most teens raise the money by getting sponsors.
Once I went, I got hooked. I physically, utterly cannot stop going. He has since gone to Haiti, Panama, India, and he's going to Guatemala this summer. Luce says this generation doesn't like fake religion. So here they are on this Saturday in Fort Worth, rising up.