Discipleship & Community
Intentional Christ-centered mentoring and committed peer community build identity, confidence, and skills for resilience and impact for the rest of life.
Find the best Christian gap year programs.
Our fast-growing network of incredible faith-based gap year programs helps Christian young adults discover their God-designed purpose and path, develop life skills with a strong biblical worldview, and deploy into next steps with focus and confidence.
What next?
You have BIG choices.
The modern student is under a ton of pressure to make huge choices at the end of high school. It seems like jumping right into college is the default. And it may be ideal for many students. But college costs are skyrocketing, hammering Gen Z with big debt. Undergrad degrees are less effective in developing real world job skills. The job market is changing so fast that it’s more important than ever to make strategic decisions. Time is more valuable than money.
Christian gap year programs help young adults discover their purpose and path, get a jump start on essential skills, and launch into next steps with confidence and a strong biblical worldview.
What Is a Christian Gap Year?90%Attend College After
120,000+US Students Take Gap Years
95%Say Prepared for Next Step
88%Claim Higher Career Satisfaction
Program essentials
What to look for in a Christian gap year program.
Most faith-based gap year programs have solid mentors, meaningful experiences, strong Christian worldview development, and often the opportunity to earn college credit. But the best gap year programs take it up a notch in some essential areas.
Strong Christian Worldview
When core biblical truth is woven into purposeful experiences and life skill development, it sticks—and adds applied critical thinking from a faith-driven lens.
College Credit Options
Earning transferable college credit targeted to a range of accredited degree programs is just smart. Save time and tuition. Launch faster. Avoid debt.
What we do
Helping young adults find the right Christian gap year.
The Christian Gap Year Association helps Christian young adults discover, evaluate, and connect with the best Christian gap year program for their unique situation. We build a network of exceptional programs that meet or exceed standards shaped by decades of ministry and higher education experience.