Acteens is a missions organization for girls in your church who are aged 12–17 or in grades 7–12. Through Acteens, teenaged girls in your church can have opportunities to grow in their relationships with God and their peers. Acteens learn to look beyond themselves and become actively involved in missions and ministry.


Missions is at the heart of Acteens, and members explore and do hands-on missions in their communities and beyond. Acteens are also actively involved in learning about missions and praying for and giving to missions.

Who can be an Acteen?
Any girl, aged 12–17 or in grades 7–12, who wants to participate can be a member of Acteens. Church membership is not required.

What happens in a meeting?
Our Acteens meet once a week where the girls participate in mission experiences related to praying for missions, doing missions, learning about missions, and developing a missions lifestyle. The experiences embrace these six elements of Acteens: biblically-based, action-oriented, relationship-based, learner-focused, accountability-based, and missions driven. Some meetings may be devoted to working on the individual achievement plan called MissionsQuestSM, or to planning special projects.

What else do Acteens do?
• Ministry projects: Many mission projects develop as a response to needs in our community. Sometimes Acteens will work with your youth minister to include all youth in a ministry project.
MissionsQuestSM: Acteens can go beyond the basics by participating in this individual achievement plan that will help them become more confident, courageous, and creative as they see Christ’s vision for a lost and hurting world. There are six quests, one for each grade level. A corresponding award is available upon completion of each quest.
• Special events: Associational and state Acteens events provide opportunities for girls from several churches to meet together for camps, retreats, or other activities. Blume, the next national Acteens event, will be held July 10-13, 2007, in Kansas City, Missouri.
• Acteens Activators: Your Acteens group may apply through your state WMU office to participate in these volunteer missions projects in the United States. Assignments are coordinated with WMU’s Volunteer ConnectionSM.
• Acteens Activators Abroad: Girls serve in international volunteer projects, coordinated through your state WMU office and WMU’s Volunteer Connection.

You can visit the Acteens website by clicking here.