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If you are just getting started, consider our Discipleship Training Schools (DTS), which are required before attending our Schools of Mission (SOFM,SOSM,SOM, etc.) or other specialized training. There are also many seminars open to the public.
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AfricaSSC: Discipleship Training School (DTS-FM)
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Description
Starting Month: Jan....
WHAT IS DTS-FM? The Discipleship Training School (DTS/CDTS) is an entry-level prerequisite for all other UofN courses and YWAM ministries. The DTS or CDTS is an intensive Christian training course beginning with a 12-week lecture/teaching phase followed by n 8 to 12 week practical field assignment. The DTS is designed to encourage students in personal character development, to deepen a living relationship with God and to identify their unique individual gifts and callings in God. The Frontier Mission DTS (FM-DTS) and 10/40 Window DTS may extend the lecture phase to 14 weeks and will supplement the normal DTS curriculum with the biblical basis of missions, information about unreached peoples, and/or helpful training on longer-term cross-cultural ministry. |
Location: Zambia
Contact: peterdebi@drypolcher.com |
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by AfricaSSC@ywamfm.com |
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Argentina: School of Frontier Missions (SOFM)
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Description
STARTING MONTH: April....
WHAT IS THE SOFM? The SOFM is an ideal entrance into a fruitful cross-cultural ministry amongst unreached people groups. The aim of the school is to give you the skills you will need to minister as part of a team focused on church planting amongst the least reached – including culture and language acquisition, church planting, missions strategy, team relationships and raising and maintaining support. Skills developed during the initial three-month classroom phase are developed further during the subsequent field assignment – normally 2 years. The SOFM focuses on unreached people groups among Muslims, Hindus, Tribals, Chinese, Buddhists or Tribals. YWAM's Discipleship Training School is a prerequisite.
WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS SCHOOL? This a a mobile SOFM that will focus on Argentine tribes in the Salta, desert peoples, peoples in India and also China. |
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by AmericaSouth@ywamfm.com |
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Asia Central: Frontier-Focused Discipleship Training School (FM-DTS)
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Description
Starting Month: April....
WHAT IS AN FM-DTS? The Discipleship Training School (DTS/CDTS) is an entry-level prerequisite for all other UofN courses and YWAM ministries. The DTS or CDTS is an intensive Christian training course beginning with a 12-week lecture/teaching phase followed by n 8 to 12 week practical field assignment. The DTS is designed to encourage students in personal character development, to deepen a living relationship with God and to identify their unique individual gifts and callings in God. The Frontier Mission DTS
(FM-DTS) and 10/40 Window DTS may extend the lecture phase to 14 weeks and will supplement the normal DTS curriculum with the biblical basis of missions, information about unreached peoples, and/or helpful training on longer-term cross-cultural ministry.info!
WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THIS SCHOOL? This FM-DTS is a year long. Do you understand God’s priority in saving the least reached in the world? Do you have a desire to serve Him and be a part of responding to God’s heart for the lost? Would you like to join in the adventure of knowing God and making Him known in the ultimate frontiers? THEN come serve God in a war-torn country in Central Asia, one of Islam’s biggest strongholds! We live in a country that has suffered tremendously with years of war and poverty. We are inviting anybody with a calling to serve God in such a place to join us in our year-long internship program, which will pave the way for many years of seeing God’s breakthroughs in and through your life! We want to see people set free and worshiping God in eternity with Jesus! Come be a part of it with us!!
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by AsiaCentral@ywamfm.com |
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Asia Central: School of Frontier Missions (SOFM)
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Description
Starting Month: January.... What is SOFM? The SOFM is an overview of and preparation for longer-term, cross-cultural missions to least-evangelized peoples. It has some specific skill training -- usually cross-cultural adjustment, culture and language learning -- during the initial three-month course that is developed further during the subsequent field assignment. Broadly, the SOFM covers the biblical and historical foundations for mission, intercultural communication, missions strategy, and personal and team relationships. The course may also address aspects of the worker’s personal relationship with God, interpersonal relationships, leadership and authority, team building and team dynamics, developing and relating with a prayer/financial support team. The SOFM focuses on unreached people groups among Muslims, Hindus, Tribals, Chinese, Buddhists and Tribals. It trains workers for living and ministering among unreached people groups with church planting as a key strategy in discipling new converts.
YWAM's Discipleship Training School is a prerequisite.
The SOFM has a two-year field assignment. |
Contact: spring2spring@sent.com
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by AsiaCentral@ywamfm.com |
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Asia South: School of Frontier Missions (SOFM)
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Description
STARTING MONTH: Jan/July....
WHAT IS AN SOFM? The SOFM is an ideal entrance into a fruitful cross-cultural ministry amongst unreached people groups. The aim of the school is to give you the skills you will need to minister as part of a team focused on church planting amongst the least reached – including culture and language acquisition, church planting, missions strategy, team relationships and raising and maintaining support. Skills developed during the initial three-month classroom phase are developed further during the subsequent field assignment – normally 2 years. The SOFM focuses on unreached people groups among Muslims, Hindus, Tribals, Chinese, Buddhists or Tribals. YWAM's Discipleship Training School is a prerequisite.
WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS SCHOOL? It is taught in the Nepalese language.
The January class focuses on the Nepali UPGs.
The July class focuses on Nepalis outside of Nepal. |
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by AsiaSouth@ywamfm.com |
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Asia South: School of Islamic Studies (SIS)
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Description
Starting Month: Jan....
What is School of Islamic Studies? This tertiary-level school (SOFM is a prerequisite) has an initial three-month lecture phase that is followed by a field placement. The SIS focuses on the beliefs, culture and worldview of the Islamic world. It will equip you toanswer 'What will the church look like among a particular Muslim people group?' The SIS will train you to contextualize evangelism, discipleship and leadership training among Muslim peoples. The SIS may also address personal and team relationships, the worker’s personal relationship with God, leadership and authority, and other issues related to cross-cultural missions among Islamic peoples. |
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by AsiaSouth@ywamfm.com |
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Asia South: School of Missions (SOM)
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Description
STARTING MONTH: June...
WHAT IS AN SOM? An overview of missions which has some specific skill training during the initial three-month course that is and developed further during the following field assignment. Broadly, covers biblical and historical foundations for Missions, intercultural communication, missions strategy, and personal and team relationships: the worker’s personal relationship with God, interpersonal relationships, leadership and authority, team building and team dynamics, developing and relating with a prayer/financial support team.
WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS SCHOOL? This SOM is conducted in Bengali and has a DTS as a prerequisite. |
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by AsiaSouth@ywamfm.com |
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Asia-Indochina: Harvest Multiplication Training (HMT)
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Description
Starting Month: October....
WHAT IS HMT? (Formerly Strategy Coordinator Training)
Training on development and implementation of a comprehensive, multi-faceted strategy (end vision) in order to see multiple church planting movements (CPMs) initiated and nurtured in an entire unreached people group, 4K zone, or city. The trainee will learn how to answer the question: “what will it take for all of this people/4K zone/city to have access to the gospel and have multiple CPMs occurring." He/she focuses on cooperating with God and “doing what it takes” to achieve the end vision, mobilizing, training and implementing with his own organization and multiple partner organisations/churches.
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by AsiaIndochina@ywamfm.com |
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Australia: Discipleship Training School (DTS-FM)
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Description
Starting Month: Unknown.... WHAT IS A DTS? The Discipleship Training School (DTS/CDTS) is an entry-level prerequisite for all other UofN courses and YWAM ministries. The DTS or CDTS is an intensive Christian training course beginning with a 12-week lecture/teaching phase followed by an 8 to 12 week practical field assignment. The DTS is designed to encourage students in personal character development, to deepen a living relationship with God, and to identify their unique individual gifts and callings in God. The Frontier Mission DTS
(FM-DTS) and 10/40 Window DTS may extend the lecture phase to 14 weeks, and will supplement the normal DTS curriculum with the biblical basis of missions, information about unreached peoples, and/or helpful training on longer-term cross-cultural ministry. |
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by AsiaSEOz@ywamfm.com |
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Australia: Discipleship Training School Frontier-Focused (DTS-FM)
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Description
Starting Month: October.... WHAT IS A DTS? The Discipleship Training School (DTS/CDTS) is an entry-level prerequisite for all other UofN courses and YWAM ministries. The DTS or CDTS is an intensive Christian training course beginning with a 12-week lecture/teaching phase followed by n 8 to 12 week practical field assignment. The DTS is designed to encourage students in personal character development, to deepen a living relationship with God and to identify their unique individual gifts and callings in God. The Frontier Mission DTS (FM-DTS) and 10/40 Window DTS may extend the lecture phase to 14 weeks and will supplement the normal DTS curriculum with the biblical basis of missions, information about unreached peoples, and/or helpful training on longer-term cross-cultural ministry.
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by Info@goywam.com |
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Australia: Foundations for Community Development (FCD)
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Description
STARTING MONTH: July....
WHAT IS THE FCD? Through the Foundations in Community Development school, you will:
*Gain a Biblical understanding of development.;
*Learn practices involved in seeing communities transformed from the inside out.;
*Be challenged in your relationship with God;
*Find your purpose in the Great Commission;
*And embark with us on this great adventure.
WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS SCHOOL? Duration is 12 weeks |
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by fcd@ywamperth.org.au |
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Australia: Harvest Multiplication Training/Strategy Coord
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Description
STARTING MONTH: February 2009....
WHAT IS HARVEST MULITIPLICATION? Previously known as STRATEGY COORDINATOR TRAINING. Training in development and implementation of a comprehensive, multi-faceted strategy (end vision) in order to see multiple church planting movements (CPMs) initiated and nurtured in an entire unreached people group, 4K zone, or city. The trainee will learn how to answer the question: “what will it take for all of this people/4K zone/city to have access to the gospel and have multiple CPMs occurring?” He/she focuses on cooperating with God and “doing what it takes” to achieve the end vision, mobilizing, training and implementing with his own organization and multiple partner organisations/churches.
WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS SCHOOL? It is a three week course. |
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by info@ywamperth.org.au |
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Australia: School of Frontier Media (SFM)
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Description
STARTING MONTH: January....WHAT IS SFM? Students in this course learn how to communicate the gospel in culturally relevant ways. Students gain skills in audio and visual communication which can be directly applied to frontier missions work. Lectures, workshops and field experiences are conducted by crosscultural communication specialists and media professionals currently working in their field of expertise. Topics include: visual symbolism in cross-cultural contexts, foreign language translation, field photography, videography and audio recording, audio-visual scriptwriting, computer generated graphics and animation, research and culture learning skills, and the use of indigenous forms of media.
COST: AUS $3300. |
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by AsiaSEOz@ywamfm.com |
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Australia: School of Frontier Missions (SOFM)
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Description
STARTING MONTH: Jan, Apr
WHAT IS THE SOFM? The SOFM is an ideal entrance into a fruitful cross-cultural ministry amongst unreached people groups. The aim of the school is to give you the skills you will need to minister as part of a team focused on church planting amongst the least reached – including culture and language acquisition, church planting, missions strategy, team relationships and raising and maintaining support. Skills developed during the initial three-month classroom phase are developed further during the subsequent field assignment – normally 2 years. The SOFM focuses on unreached people groups among Muslims, Hindus, Tribals, Chinese, Buddhists or Tribals. YWAM's Discipleship Training School is a prerequisite.
COST: $3480.00
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Location: Perth, Australia
Contact: info@ ywamperth.org.au |
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by AsiaSEOz@ywamfm.com |
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Australia: School of Leadership and Missions (SOLM)
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Description
STARTING MONTH: June...
The SOLM is a programme designed to equip YWAM leaders in the areas of: spiritual leadership; organization and management; and communication within the context of cross-cultural missions. It focuses on equipping non-Western YWAM leaders in the above three areas, in ways which are culturally and contextually relevant. It is a bilingual school, conducted in the primary language of the host continent/nation, and in English. |
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by AsiaSEOz@ywamfm.com |
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Belize: School of Frontier Missions (SOFM)
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Description
STARTING MONTH: September....
WHAT IS AN SOFM? The SOFM is an ideal entrance into a fruitful cross-cultural ministry amongst unreached people groups. The aim of the school is to give you the skills you will need to minister as part of a team focused on church planting amongst the least reached – including culture and language acquisition, church planting, missions strategy, team relationships and raising and maintaining support. Skills developed during the initial three-month classroom phase are developed further during the subsequent field assignment – normally 2 years. The SOFM focuses on unreached people groups among Muslims, Hindus, Tribals, Chinese, Buddhists or Tribals. YWAM's Discipleship Training School is a prerequisite.. |
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by AmericaCenCar@ywamfm.com |
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Bolivia: School of Evangelism and Missions (SEMO)
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Description
STARTING MONTH: Unknown...
WHAT IS SEMO? The School of Evangelism and Missions is a three-month course that embraces both the message and the methods of evangelism. Its primary purpose is to get to know God better in order to make Him known. Topics include: an overview of missions, the message of the Gospel, revival, evangelism, and cross-cultural missions.
WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS CLASS? Duration of 3 months
Starting date to be determined. Direct questions for future dates and locations to contact below. |
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by santacruz@ywambolivia.com |
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Brazil: One Story Introduction
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Description
STARTING MONTH: October/November....
WHAT IS ONE STORY? OneStory’s aim is to equip you with oral strategies to take the Word of God to illiterate, unreached people groups around the world. You will learn how to communicate a complete gospel message through telling Bible stories chronologically. You will learn how to tell these stories contexually and in the community's native tongue so they have relevance to the listening community. OneStory also helps you to equip indigenous believers to pass on these stories so a church planting movement can be facilitated.
WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS SCHOOL? This two week introductory course is for those who are not yet committed to a project but considering one. Completing this introductory course alone does not qualify people to do One Story projects.
COST: A registration fee of $100, plus room and board |
LOCATION: Porto Velho
CONTACT: askus@ywamonestory.org |
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by tribos@jocum.com.br |
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Brazil: English + Culture Orientation (ECO)
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Description
STARTING MONTH: September....
WHAT IS AN ECO? For those who need English for missions - Training in speaking, reading and writing English plus practical lessons in how to work in another culture. An opportunity to live and learn alongside others who are also passionate about missions. |
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by mariarai@galacticomm.org |
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Brazil: Indian Culture Seminar
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Description
STARTING MONTH: July....
WHAT IS THE INDIAN CULTURE SEMINAR? This seminar will give you an overview of God's heart for the nations, the dimension of culture in mission, and the unique characteristics and opportunities in mission in India today.
COST: USD $100 includes accommodation, food and teaching. |
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by mariarai@galacticomm.org |
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