
YOKE impacts middle school students by equipping passionate, faithful mentors to help those students discover their identity and purpose in Christ. Founded in Knoxville in 1977, YOKE now has programs at 30 schools across Knox, Anderson, Blount, Jefferson, and Grainger Counties.
YOKE helps transform communities through four primary areas of impact: mentoring middle school students, equipping young leaders, engaging local churches, and enriching local schools.
YOKE impacts middle school students by equipping passionate, faithful mentors to help those students discover their identity and purpose in Christ. Founded in Knoxville in 1977, YOKE now has programs at 30 schools across Knox, Anderson, Blount, Jefferson, and Grainger Counties.
YOKE helps transform communities through four primary areas of impact: mentoring middle school students, equipping young leaders, engaging local churches, and enriching local schools.

WHAT’S NEW AT YOKE…
YOKE Folk Earns Highest Honor
Kelly Chilcote, a YOKE Folk who graduated this year from Carson Newman University, was honored with the prestigious Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, the highest honor the [...]
Join us for the YOKE Golf Classic!
The 2023 Jeff Jarnigan YOKE Golf Classic, presented by Home Federal Bank will be held Friday, June 2nd at Three Ridges Golf Course. The tournament will have one flight [...]
“So many students need that extra level of support that YOKE provides. Thank you so much for all you do for us and our students!”
“This ministry is so much more than a mentoring program; it is a vessel that God uses to mend broken hearts and find lost souls.”
“Without YOKE in my life, I doubt I would have the relationship with Jesus that I have now. YOKE Camp is where that all started.”