What is Awana?
{{Infobox Non-profit | Non-profit_name = AWANA | Non-profit_logo = | Non-profit_type = [[501(c)|501(c)3 non-profit religious]] | founded_date = 1950 | founder = [[Lance Latham]], [[Art Rorheim]] | location = [[Streamwood, Illinois]], [[United States|US]] | key_people = Jack Eggar, President and CEO; Art Rorheim, co-founder | area_served = US; Int'l (108 countries) | num_volunteers = 12,000 US churches, 5,100 Int'l churches | Non-profit_slogan = '''A'''pproved '''W'''orkmen '''A'''re '''N'''ot '''A'''shamed | homepage = [http://www.awana.org www.awana.org] }} '''Awana''' (an [[acronym]] for '''A'''pproved '''W'''orkmen '''A'''re '''N'''ot '''A'''shamed, from [[Second Epistle to Timothy|2 Timothy]] 2:15), is an [[international]] [[evangelicalism|evangelical]] [[non-profit organization]]. It was founded in 1950. Its headquarters is in [[Streamwood, Illinois]]. It was founded by Baptist minister Arthur Rorheim in 1950.<ref>[http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/2018/january/arthur-rorheim-co-founder-of-awana-childrens-ministry-dies-at-99 Arthur Rorheim, Co-Founder of Awana Children's Ministry, Dies at 99]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == *[http://www.awana.org Awana Clubs International] {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Christian organizations based in the United States]] [[Category:Youth organizations]] [[Category:Acronyms]]