Youth Unlimited was established in 1919 as the American Federation of Reformed Young Men's Society and has since evolved and grown into being what Youth Unlimited is today, serving churches with junior and senior high youth groups across North America. Listed below is a brief look at our history.

• September, 1919 - American Federation of Reformed Young Men's Society (AFRYMS) founded
• December, 1920 - The first Convention - 26 societies present
• May, 1932 - American Federation of Reformed Young Women's Society (AFRYWS) organized
• August, 1938 - Richard Postma becomes part-time director
• December 1955 - Merger of Young Men's and Young Women's Federations ratified to become the Young Calvinist Federation (YCF)
• August, 1959 - First co-ed Convention in Edmonton, Alberta
• August, 1960 - First Summer Worship in Missions (SWIM) - Salt Lake City, Utah
• October, 1962 - James Lont becomes YCF director
• September, 1966 - YCF, Calvinettes (now GEMS) and the Calvinist Cadet Corps merge to form United Calvinist Youth (UCY) (now Dynamic Youth Ministries or DYM)
• March, 1980 - Robert Hough becomes YCF's director
• Summer, 1989 - Brian Bosscher is hired as executive director
• 1989 - SERVE begins with 3 mission sites
• 1992 - Youth Unlimited (YU) is chosen as the new name for the Young Calvinist Federation
• 1999 - Compass 21 is developed as a youth ministry assessment tool
• June, 2000 - Barry Foster is promoted from Programs Manager to Executive Director.
• Summer, 2001 - ENCOUNTER replaces SWIM as YU's long-term missions program
• Winter/Spring 2004 - One Week spiritual renewal weeks are offered to Christian Schools across the United States and Canada
• July 2004 - Rachael Cooley is hired as Executive Director
• September 2005 - SERVE and ENCOUNTER merge into a unified Missions Program
• Spring 2006 - Youth Unlimited partners with area urban youth network to offer the Where U At? urban yourh conference
• July 2007 - Jeff Kruithof is hired as the current Executive Director