what is klife?

KLIFE is a discipleship ministry for students in 3rd-12th grade here in Tulsa, Oklahoma. For our 3rd-5th grade students, we have an event called SuperK every other week. At SuperK we have fun, play games, and walk through Scripture together. For our 6th-12th grade students, we offer weekly small groups and several fun events each semester. Small group bible studies are the heartbeat of this ministry! All of our small groups are led by full-time staff members or vetted and trained college and young adult volunteers. In KLIFE, students are equipped to follow Jesus now and for the rest of their lives.

Our mission

“To point students to Jesus so they can know him, love him, walk in surrender to him and be equipped to point others to Him also.”

WHY KLIFE IS SO IMPORTANT

Research shows that for every ten Christian’s who step foot on a college campus, only three graduate still professing to believe in Jesus. The overwhelming common denominator for the three out of ten is they had someone intentionally investing in them during their teenage years; someone like a KLIFE small group leader. Teenagers are walking onto college campuses unable to defend their faith, but when a young adult shares their life with a teenager, transferring spiritual truths and life experiences, they are far more likely to continue walking with Jesus through college.

statements of faith

We believe the Bible is the inerrant Word of God, and the supreme and final authority for faith and life.

We believe in the unity and the trinity of the Godhead: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

We believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son, and He is our sole mediator. We believe in His sinless life, His death on the cross as the atonement for sin, His bodily resurrection from the dead, and His future return.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, His personality, and His activity in regeneration and sanctification.

We believe that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned in Adam, and that he is now a sinner by nature and by choice.

We believe in salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, apart from works.

We believe that the church is the spiritual body of which Jesus Christ is the head.

PHILOSOPHY OF MINISTRY

Our greatest discipleship tool is our personal intimacy with Christ.

CORE VALUES

HUMILITY

Philippians 2:2-8

TRUST

In God - Proverbs 3:5

In Others - 1 John 1:7

TEAM

1 Corinthians 12:12-26

EXCELLENCE

Colossians 3:23-24

SERVANTHOOD

Matthew 20:26-28

HISTORY OF KLIFE

KLIFE was started in 1979 in St. Louis, MO by a group of families who sent their kids to a summer camp in Missouri called Kanakuk. These families approached camp leadership to see what could be done to continue the experience their children had during the summer, all year round. In the fall of 1982 a second location of KLIFE was formed in Kansas City. In subsequent years, with the continuous outpouring of God’s blessing, KLIFE now has locations that reach students across the nation.

In the early years of development under the leadership of Doulos Ministries, KLIFE grew to the point of requiring its own parent organization. In the fall of 1989, KLIFE Ministries, Inc. was formed. In 1996, a permanent National Board was added to the structure of the National Support Center, and in 1997 KLIFE HQ was established in Conway, Arkansas.

In the summer of 2002, KLIFE Ministries, Inc. moved its headquarters to Branson, MO, where it exists to serve the local chapters, staff, boards, students, families and communities in the mission, “To point students to Jesus so they will know Him, love Him, walk in surrender to Him and be equipped to point others to Him also.”