The mission of CPYU is to work with churches, schools and community organizations to build strong families based on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This mission is fulfilled by: helping parents understand and respond to the complex world of their children and teens, equipping teenagers to deal with the challenges of adolescence, equipping parents and teens to respond to these challenges through distinctively Christian world and life view, and raising the youth culture awareness of youth workers and educators, thereby helping them increase their effectiveness with parents, children and teens.