YWAM Q&A (Answering YOUR questions about our discipleship training school)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ค. 2018
- YWAM was an absolutely amazing once in a lifetime experience filled with so many adventures & God moments! In this video, Casidy and I, talk about our experience with YWAM (also known as Youth with a Mission) and all about our DTS (Discipleship Training School!) I hope and pray that maybe this would spark something in your heart! I would encourage anybody to do a DTS!
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I was raised Mormon and the past year I thought that o was atheist i didn’t think I could believe in god at all. Just as I was beginning to see god in my life your videos came to me. I know you’re a blessing for me and my testimony. Thank you so much.
Aurora Ann WOW PRAISE GOD!!!!! THAT IS SO AMAZING!!!! Hallelujah all glory to God!!
To anyone considering doing YWAM... I would HIGHLY recommend researching things like "ywam cult" or "ywam abuse" to hear the other side of the story. There are some disgusting practices within ywam bases and certain leaders. I am so glad that I got out of ywam but I still suffer trauma from it to this day. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I beg of you do your research I wish I had listened to my gut before doing my DTS. It is not what it is cracked up to be. My spiritual life was shattered after ywam and so many people have the same story. If you DO end up going or are there right now, PLEASE keep your eyes and ears open and LEAVE if ANYTHING starts to feel iffy.
thank you. this is an important comment
I really want to do a DTS and comments like these keep me away. Torn on what I should do
My opinion is that discipleship programs can preach a do more and try harder gospel (works gospel) which can result in burnt out, not feeling good enough and feeling like a disappointment. It should be what Jesus has done for us over what we do (Biblical gospel). A way to not risk getting into a cult like place is to find a church that use expository teaching (line by line) to teach the Bible and that uses proper exegesis (Biblical interpretation). Also, good things to research for the Ywam base could be- what is their doctrine, try to compare their teachings with the Bible, and ask them-do they follow N.A.R. teachings, etc. If they follow N.A.R., word or faith, positive confession, 5 fold, etc. - run!
please do research for and against before going to YWAM. and watch Faith Rowe's video called YWAM what you don't know. Many pastors are up in arms about what is happening in bases all over the world.
YES!!!! THIS!!!!!!
My experience was wonderful along with so many people I know. Talk to specific people.
I'm doing YWAM in northern Ireland this September! I'm so excited for it! :D thanks for the video, really encouraging to someone about to take this leap!
As an ex-YWAM Mission Builder then CDTS student going back to 1996 I look back on my spiritual journey and see there were various areas which were not biblical but I was a very new Christian. Saying that, because I was a new Christian I learned a lot and had spiritual input by more mature students and am not sorry I did the training. But YWAM has gone off even more since that time so please if you are considering, do your research as information is out there! We have to line everything we are taught and read with the Word of God.
Did my DTS in 2017 with Awaken! Best experience ever! Loved it, and loved this video!!
Love you guys so much! Thanks for all the videos you make!
I staff at YWAM Paris connect, and dts changed my life. So good, having a season of being discipled and intentionally growing deeper with God is amazing for everybody. God makes a way always
Audrey Talbot is there an age limit if you wanted to do it
Y’all are soooo artsy, I love it ❤️ God bless !
So thankful for this video! ☺️
This video was awesome for me because I am doing YWAM Hawaii Honolulu this January so it definitely answered a lot of questions!
Watching this with a sad mind ... my mother doesn’t agree with me doing YWAM because she thinks it’s a waste of money and time . It’s something I wanna do and it’s gonna make me happy and more at peace with my calling but idk I’m at a crossroads now
Listen to your mother. YWAM is a terrible waste of time and money. It is not even accredited for any of it's training by secular, public, or nearly all Christian universities and colleges. If interested in ministry, missions or serving there are MUCH better opportunities to do so. At least do college or training from somewhere that is accredited. Save your money and time. Most YWAM leaders and staff have zero life experience, education or professional employment outside of YWAM. What good is a missionary in a foreign country that couldn't get hired in their own country, or never has worked or had any suitable job skills themselves? My YWAM leader had never worked a real job, done any college, and had only a high school education to show for ten years in YWAM. I had more experience and maturity in YWAM than most of those who trained and were leading over me. That's ridiculous. Thank your Mom she cares enough to speak some wisdom into your decision. I am sure she does so because she cares about you.
very good experienced in YWAM, thanks God
every video u guys have helps me so much thank u for making videos
Is there any way you can make a video on what to pack for a Ywam mission trip? Because it’s a way longer trip than a typical week mission trip.
We answered your question in a video I just made! th-cam.com/video/S9oYrbkjn78/w-d-xo.html
I did my DTS in Uganda it was amazing and helped me a lot
I've been. In Ywam for the past 4 years. Its was amazing.
I just subscribed!
How does the pay structure work? Thank you
You don't get paid
I'd love to do YWAM and use God's truths to help people in their mental health. God's really putting missions on my heart in this way
I just got back from a missions trip with YWAM!!
I appreciate this video!! Praying to do YWAM in 2020 Summer
I've always wanted to do this!! So cool!
YWAM was so good for you Ash! I can tell how much you've grown from them until now! I remember you working in a salon and finding the program and how excited you were! I love you❤
Such a great video!
🖤🖤🖤😍fellow YWAMer here! I did my DTS at the Kona base in 2012! I did their performing arts DTS.
This is good..I joined APAC DTS in 2016 and it was really good and also an eye opening
YASSSS I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO WHOOP WHOOOP
I am attending YWAM Orlando in Spring 2021.
I want to go to ywam too but idk where/ when. And how iT all works. I really wanna have a close relationship w God and share God w others... and can someone pray for me bc i am so scared that i will never can make this dream reality
sophie vandam I will pray for you :)
Curious your thoughts on all these bad reviews and bad videos from ppl about YWAM calling it a cult etc can you please address that??
This video is great! I would love it so much if you made a YWAM advice video.
I'm releasing a video this Wednesday with advice to people thinking about doing YWAM! Feel free to check it out if you're interested!
God has been shaking up my life and opening doors towards YWAM, connecting me with the base here in Perth. I feel like a DTS is definitly in my future, and its encouraging to see two fellow Wisconsinites(!?) with a cool testimony :)
YWAM Perth I have heard in YWAM is one of the most abusive Bases in YWAM. They even allowed an accused rapist to do a DTS as a student and didn't warn or tell any of the students doing their DTS with him at the same time. This person was awaiting their high profile trial in court for serious charges against them. How did this student get accepted for a DTS? And why were not other students or their parents and families promptly notified? This whole matter is outrageous but it is only the tip of the iceberg as to the stories I have heard about YWAM in Perth.
I looove this yass💗 Thank you for anwsering my questions :))) I’m super excited to start YWAM DTS in September! I applied like a year ago now 😂😂
Abbie Hope I'm doing one in September too! Which one are you doing?
Got in & left for missionary school when I was 16 after a sorority planning process .Hazing isn't a good time😊😊 it made me brave
Only idea I had was the peace Corps again and they even followed me there till 14 gotta validation on parking and ran to where I am now in Midwest Region missionary school
Thanks I made it 👀
This was an awesome video How do communicate with the people where you went did you guys have to learn the language or was there a translator?
you came to my City Bogotá .. I miss my chance to meet you! .. so glad you moved from your comfort zone to bring life to many children in Latinoamerica. Thank you..I pray for you to learn Spanish and do some of your journaling bible videos in Spanish. how much we need them.
I would love to do one, but i'm not sure if it will fit in with the way my life has been set out, especially with school. I'm now really considering taking a year after my A-Levels to do this and then g to university after. It is definately something I want to do and I feel like this has given me an opportunity to do something I have always wanted to do but never known how. If I could, I would sign up straight away and even take time out of school, but I can't. Thank you for making this video, I'm definately going to sign up in a couple of years!!!
Im so glad to see this video. Im planning on going on a DTS later this year and basically all of the videos that I look up are negative. I also know a lot of people personally who have went and enjoyed it. Just wondering what is your opinion on the things that other people have said. Thank you.
My experience is that those who make the negative videos got hurt by someone and decided the entire organization is bad. It's amazing! You will love it!
Feel free to email me at jenniferdrake917@gmail.com. I'd love to chat about it.
@@jenniferdrake3536 then there is a LOT of someone’s who just “had a bad experience” we are talking about mannnny …it’s more than just a few having delt with “people” it’s the organization as s as while having serious flaws coming under attack and much accusation when it comes to biblical principles and how throngs are done how people are being treated and they way they are doing things…. Any no changes being done and nobody being held accountable?
Amazing!! Going to a DTS in september😍🙏🏽
You're going to have the best time EVER.
I am going to YWAM Salem, Oregon in January 2019!
How was it??
Yeeii!! Cool video, I did my DTS in Finland, Tampere(YWAM Teopolis)! I am now part of their STAFF and it's the best
Being a YWAM staff is arguably the best job on the planet!
Wow. Do you still talk to Doug jr.? I worked with them at the base in Belle Vernon PA. Back in 2001-2005. Back when Douglas did his dts. I also did the Sod in Kona.
Working towards doing DTS at Kansas City Missouri...
Jesus loves you all. He is coming soon. He is the ONLY WAY, TRUTH AND LIFE
very cool i have a lot of friends who did YWAM!!!!
You went to Colombia🥰, I’m ywamer and I’m from Colombia
Hi I saw an ad on Facebook about this and thought about going right now I just got done talking to someone and I know I haven’t been going to church but I was wondering if this would be a good start and learning about Jesus and do they house you on the sight or do you pay for a hotel and if you go would I need 2 suit cases or just one and how does the filling out the app works and how long is the process ?
How does it work if you have an apartment and bills to pay every month? Do I just leave my job???
I would love to do a missions trip. I have always wanted to do one. Maybe it will happen one day.
Anyway, my question is the language. I believe I saw that you went to a Spanish speaking country and I was wondering if you had to learn the language to communicate.
eva lafrance sameee
No we had translators
my church and i just went to brazil and they speak portuguese and tbh the language barrier wasn’t that bad mostly because we had 2 people there were who fluent in portuguese and in english so they could translate and we also had our phones with google translate as well :)
We made a video talking about the whole language barrier on outreach! th-cam.com/video/S9oYrbkjn78/w-d-xo.html
Which YWAM base was your DTS? I did my DTS at Lausanne!!
Hey! Did u guys come to Ecuador for your outreach?
LOVE YWAM. Which base did you go to?
I'm doing an EDTS in June
I'm doing it next year
This is adorable OMGGG.
Ok guys,good ,i hope you all come my home.
How much does it cost? I live in Utah and would have to go oregan
Is there any way I can join the mission trip
you were in my country!
I want to do something similar to YWAM but I am a full time college student and can't afford to take 5 months off. Any suggestions?
What are you going to college for? You could go to University of the Nations. Taking 5 months off is a small amount of time in the grand scheme of things. Prayerfully consider it. You can do fundraising for your DTS.
I have been watching y'all recently and I never knew you were apart of YWAM. Recently God has been pushing me more and more towards missions. I am in Bible College at the moment as a double major in Youth Ministry and Missions and I've been looking into YWAM! I would really love to ask y'all some more questions to get the inside of it all.
Rafe Andersen I go to School of Urban Missions Bible College and Theological Seminary based in El Dorado Hills California. I’ll be graduating in the Spring.
Rafe Andersen yeah, that’s where I feel called is on the mission field. I’ve been on a few mission trips.
Rafe Andersen I want to pursue more school but I’m still praying on what that is. I’ve been looking into YWAM and other schools but I’m also looking into just going out in the mission field. I just want what God wants. My degree will be a Bachelors in Missions and Youth Ministry.
Rafe Andersen oh okay. Thank you so much!
Rafe Andersen thank you and I will!
Omgoodness this is amazing!!! God, is sending me to YWAMdenver and I'm nervous about it. But, these comments comforted me.
I'm also considering going to ywam Denver when you're done could you tell me how you found it. Thankssssss
You should feel nervous about joining YWAM or going to YWAM Denver. It is terrible. Total waste of time and money. YWAM is not even training that is accredited. It makes no sense paying YWAM as a student or as a staff to work for them. They make money off your free labor, and because you also pay them to be a student, or to serve on staff. It makes no sense. It is like a pyramid scheme where YWAM is the only one who benefits. I would avoid YWAM at all cost. For me it was a terrible experience.
Doing my DTS in Nuremberg, Germany! Im so excited! I leave I T minus 15 days!!!
Heyy a little late but how was it? Ich würde gerne ywam machen aber in Herrnhut... wie war Nürnberg?
nini wiens I did it at the Nürenberg base! I absolutely loved it. So life changing!!
Jada Kroon wow amazing!! I believe you!! I’m so excited to get to know God more and serve him!! I wanna do a Dts too but in Herrnhut... well I’m not set on it yet. I’m planning to go in 2022 but only God knows
Nuremberg is terrible. What were your experiences?
Nice
Can I get to know the full details and address...or I m servant of God today
I really wanna do DTS in Japan so i can practice speaking Japanese for my best friend who is a native speaker
I really want to go.... but idk how.. I’m a baby Christian
you are the best and pleas do a give a way and give me a shut out
I'm going to ywam in the fall not sure if it worth the money
It's worth every penny!
It's really not about the money at all. God will make a way for you.
@@jenniferdrake3536 oh it was totally worth it I went to peru and mexico I got to teach English to them and I went to an orphanage in peru and this 2 year old said his first word to me and it was up I wanted to cry
Wait a minute... so we just gonna ignore the fact that Ashley had a boyfriend Why’d you have to breakup☹️?
Abby Johnson She said she was obeying God & that she realized his plans were better. Keep glorifying God, Ashley! Grace to you!
AMS & Fam ohhh yeah that’s true
Abby Johnson was it because of the long distance or because of some other reason?
Low but high
can adults attend wywam?
Yes!
I really want to do YWAM in Kona in January 2022!
YWAM has brought a lot of unnecessary COVID to Kona because it won't follow the rules and State mandated requirements. YWAM Kona has had now two high profile super spreader COVID outbreaks in Kona in the news where people, their own students and staff have gotten sick. I hope the State of Hawaii shuts YWAM Kona down. Part of "Making Him Known" also means living out and showing people His same likewise "Character." YWAM Kona has not done this. They are a terrible Christian or godly testimony yet again to the people of Kona. And that makes God sad. Scripture even says we are to follow the laws and authorities God has place over us in gov't, healthcare etc.
I used to do all their design stuff which was mostly brochures pamphlets and lots of T-shirt’s.
Did YWAM pay you for your services? Or just profit off of your help, availability, and free marketing services and abilities... as they do with everyone? YWAM has to be the only cult where you pay them as student and staff to market and serve them as recipients of what has benefitted them for FREE.
@@mattmercer7607 they didn’t. But to be honest I went in knowing I was giving my service’s for free. I really wasn’t worried about being paid. But with that said.. My friend was doing all the printing so when I would go home for a visit he would hand me an envelope of cash. It was unexpected but a blessing. He printed thousands of tshirts for them.
@@mattmercer7607 there were a few times where other ywam speakers would pay me.
Is the minimum age 18?
You have to graduate high school.
Len😂
Hi,
I don't have question
We can our faith grow we should contact with faith hood
DTS stand for ?
And we should contact with our faith Hood , attent the church and must read bible daily then our faith will be grow
Discipleship is the call and responsibility of the local church. Also, my time in YWAM was the most unhealthy, dysfunctional, regretful of anything I've experienced in over three decades as a Christ follower of Jesus. I cannot recommend YWAM to anyone for any reason. There is a reason why if you do a quick google search there are literally thousands of bad experiences, testimonies, blogs, websites, vlogs about abuse, manipulation, control experienced in YWAM. A hard pass on YWAM. Worst discipleship, training, experience ever.
Amen. Woe to the wicked shepards.
@@bloomthrive9179 What are you talking about? Wicked shepherds? This is confusing...
Everyone has different experiences... I'd love to chat with you about what happened.. My experience was exactly the opposite. But, for you to say that every single YWAM base on the planet is dysfunctional is misleading. Your experience was negative. Mine was amazing...
@@jenniferdrake3536, YWAM is in fact dysfunctional because it's "DNA" (teachings, foundation, philosophy for ministry) that it infuses into us as YWAMer's is not biblical. Some of the worst bad theology I have ever encountered was in YWAM. YWAM also doesn't among many things - value the priesthood of all believers. YWAM only cares about using and expanding the YWAM kingdom. I have known people who have had decades of ministry, missions experience, sound theology, faithfulness in longevity, professional real work experience and career training, Masters and Doctorate degree --- ALL HAVE TO GO DO A DTS or receive unaccredited, training and YWAM Schools to do anything in YWAM. YWAM is a joke. It doesn't respect the gifting, abilities, experiences, GOD HAS ALREADY GIVEN A BELIEVER AT THE TIME OF SALVATION BY THE UNION & GRAFTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST. I could go on and on and on about YWAM and the disservice it is to the Church, the Nations. and Missions. YWAM is the worst. I know personally of so many who went into YWAM passionate, on fire, excited, and burdened for ministry and missions, AND IT WAS YWAM THAT ABUSED, KILLED & SQUASHED that fire, dream, passion, vision and confidence they had in the Lord, their faith, and for the future within them. Shame, shame on YWAM. I know all about it too, because YWAM has done more harm to my walk than it assisted, helped, or made my relationship with the Lord thrive. YWAM was slavery, and a yoke of bondage, not freedom in Christ. YWAM is a cult. There are hundreds, thousands of people who have suffered spiritual abuse, manipulation and control at the hands of YWAM leaders. Look no further than this recent article, which Lynn Green acknowledges about the spiritual abuse in YWAM being true. Why is the common complaint among staff and students in YWAM about experiencing unnecessary spiritual abuse??? You have probably likely encountered abuse in YWAM or been the cause of it, and don't even know or realize it. Give the article a good read, some reflection, introspection, and thought: ministrywatch.com/spiritual-abuse-a-common-complaint-for-ywam-students/?fbclid=IwAR2laagWMbJvruIpGsWJmR_H1HOEgrM6YP_Vb9ZK7x964DicKn3pU6KNGjk
@@jenniferdrake3536 , YWAM has been a source of abuse for a lot of people, including myself over the years. I know people from every decade of YWAM's sixty plus years who have testimony of abuse from different YWAM Bases from all over the world. I used to loyally defend YWAM not even that long ago, and until I began to realize much of what I had been warned about, or said to me was in fact true. I saw happening before my own eyes for myself. I personally established and pioneered a YWAM Base myself; recruiting a team, building relationships in the community, financing the vision with resources in the tens of thousands of dollars from out of my own pocket, housed hundreds of YWAM students, dozens of outreach teams in my own home. You can think of me how you want, I don't care - but I know without doubt YWAM is manipulative, controlling, and absolutely spiritually, emotionally, psychologically abusive. I have 100% seen wicked selfish shepherds in YWAM. Just because you haven't seen or experienced it doesn't make it false. Jesus own trial at night before his crucifixion was certainly true but not witnessed by many yet it happened and is a true event.
I would join just for the hot YWAM chicks. Lol.
I am beyond disappointed you didn’t address my question. I know you just want to see good in your mission trips but you’re not thinking beyond yourself. It’s an extended form of Northern Imperialism and White Saviour Complex. Look them up and look up how harmful these trips can be to host communities. I did my masters thesis on this. Please. Just do your research becfore you go, not just “how much does it cost” but “will this do the community actual good? Am I going to have an experience?” Ignore the message part of this and think of human beings. Just. I’m so sad you didn’t touch on it.
I understand where you're coming from but Colombia and Ecuador are like almost 80%-90% christian (mostly catholic tho). There was like zero harm made to those countries.
Paula Br. I don’t even mean converting. That’s an entirely different story and it’s not fair to get into that because that’s an argument about religion and this isn’t what there channel is about. What my argument is, is the damage it does to communities to constantly have missionaries and international volunteers in said communities. A few companies do it right, but so many are for-profit and do so much more harm than. People don’t realize that, and so so few people do their due diligence and do the appropriate research before ruining whole communities in developing countries.
Okay I get that but these -specific- countries are already "Europeanized" to a large extent. Economics may put a hold on certain aspects (mostly infrastructure) but still... None of the "white" culture is new to them. They may not experience some of it first hand but they know the existence of it. People underestimate developing countries quite a bit.
The white savior complex is so hurtful. In any manifestation. NO WHITE person should ever do anything for a person who is non-white. No financial help, no ministry, no foriegn aid----let everyone ONLY help those of their own color and culture. (This used to be called racism---now its just being politically correct.)
Hank Fuddle you know colombia is indigenous, white, black, roma, asian etc right?
time to unsubscribe and retract all the referrals I made to your channel. YWAM...just....no. It isn't God. AT all.
This is not a true statement. I hope you will reconsider...